Meanwhile, 44 percent backed the American tradition of competing branches of government as a model, if sometimes ā€œfrustrating,ā€ system.

Why would people want to live under an authoritarianā€™s thumb? Itā€™s rooted, experts say, in a psychological need for securityā€”real or perceivedā€”and a desire for conformity, a goal that becomes even more acute as the country undergoes dramatic demographic and social changes. People also like to obey a strong leader who will protect the groupā€”especially if it is the ā€œrightā€ group whose interests will be protected. Recall the Trump supporter who, during the 2019 government shutdown, complained, ā€œHeā€™s not hurting the people he needs to be hurting.ā€

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    Did you notice that your numbers dont match the headlines? The headline and main part of the article is about the pew study which I quoted from.

    Stop making shit up.

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      Soā€¦. You didnā€™t even read your own article. Thatā€™s fucking embarrassing. Maybe read it. See for yourself that I copied those numbers DIRECTLY from it.

      Jesus manā€¦. You really should delete your shit.

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          ROFL! Againā€¦ itā€™s YOUR article. I quoted directly from it.

          How are you not understanding this?

          Ohā€¦ .ml. I didnā€™t see that. Shouldā€™ve known.

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            I dont think you are understand, inside the article is the link to the data, the data you are quoting is a different thing. What percent of the left and right ā€œsay rule by a strong leader or the military would be a good way of governing their countryā€?