At this point, I would be unsurprised if a third of Americans voted for an industrial meat shredder for President, even after it had been repeatedly and clearly explained they would be marched into it at gunpoint if it won. The lower part of our bell curve is… well… very, very low.

The people who think this have never had to truly struggle in their entire fucking lives. Fat little American piggies who think that everything will stay the same in every facet of life under their military dictatorship, as if nothing bad could ever happen to them and bad things will only happen to the people they hate. They take for granted all of the freedoms and luxuries they enjoy daily and never once consider how quickly those would vanish for them too.

I hate this country more and more every day.

I'm 100% in favor of me being a dictator for life but otherwise I'm pretty sure democracy is a good idea.

How very in-American of them. I thought those conservatives were all about 1776 and independence from a king/dictator. I guess it’s more like they want their king is charge to crush anyone who has slightly different views.

I read some research somewhere that found that about a third of the people in any given country are authoritarian shitheads (paraphrasing). The problem is that the unique structure of the US system of government gives said shitheads outsized power and representation relative to their numbers.

This sounds about right. If you look at the rise of authoritarian parties in Europe you will see numbers sitting between 25% and 35% too. I have a feeling that this might just be an innate personality trait that people are born with. Some people are more submissive and prefer strong leaders, even at the cost of personal liberties. I mean, we already witness this in other aspects of life.

If you ask the same people if they would want a leftist military regime or authoritarian governement they would beg for democracy. These people have no scrouples. End of the day they just want to be left alone like everyone else. It's just lashing out because they themselves don't want to change.

Well, good news for them!

Anyway, I blame the 24 hour news cycle.

I hate this so much.

"No more terrible disaster could befall your people than for them to fall into the hands of a ~~Hero~~ [Dictator]"

Pardot Kynes

I have a hard time believing the questions or something is not skewed to get such a high result.

And here's where the Democrats run into a massive problem.

The Democrats are running on two fronts: A policy position, and warning people of the authoritarianism that Trump and the GOP will bring if they return to power.

The problem is that the Republican base is basically saying "Yeah. We know. We want it that way. Screw your policies." And they have enough on their side to actually win the election. How the hell do you compete with that?

Some people's need to be ruled by a King is very real. It's how their brain works.

So much for "Give me liberty or give me death!".

I guess a Christian fascist theocracy is a good option for some.

If only we could give them what they want and let them have their own shitty fascist country somewhere so they'd leave us alone.

Silver lining, we outnumber them 2:1.

Weirdly, the percentage who agree with that statement, by political affiliation, are: Left - 25% Right - 29% Center - 37%?!

One step closer to: "We forgot how to make cheese, y'all!"

I’m sure 32% of those 32% would say that authority should allow abortions.

a military regime or authoritarian leader

Two completely different things in this climate. Anyone else remember when Gen. Miley literally went behind Trump's back to assure China that the military would block any of his (possible) tantrums?

Thank God we're not a democracy.

- Republicans

Well then we know that 32% of people in America are not fond of America. I'm fine with the whole Trump bullshit of "kicking them out", but let's make it about these assholes and not the people who are here to have a functioning democracy.