I’m just trying to understand. Erdogan in Turkey, Putin in Russia, Orban in Hungary etc… Why do these leaders still get so much support after all they’ve done? What do they exactly like about them?
Aren’t these people seeing a massive drop in their quality of life?
People like authoritarians. Especially one they agree with, which many do.
Even in the US we have children’s programming replete with kings and queens ruling over people. How many people watch things like Black Panther and think “this would be so much better with a Congress debating what direction to take”? I mean other than me…
Dictators get things done compared to committees and legislatures. Nobody likes compromise.