About 40% of the public expresses authoritarian personality traits. From Wikiped...

jariel · on Feb 10, 2021

This is so wrong that it's basically offensive.

Considerably more so-called progressive folks (and others) put their faith in US Presidents they favour, than do subjects of most Monarchs, let alone the UK Monarch.

The level of demagoguery I witnessed around 2008 and 2016 in the US was ridiculous, people were spellbound as if their leaders were Disney characters brought to life.

Most Democratic Heads of State are elected on highly superficial and preformative presentations of themselves, effectively the result of giant PR and communications mechanations.

Other Heads of State - like Von der Leyen in the EU, have barely any democratic legitimacy.

QE2 has a narrow range of power, and she's actually done a pretty good job at it frankly, giving legitimacy to the notion that there is likely a lot that people can be brought up into. It's obviously not something that one would create from nothing in 2020, nor would anyone want more power bestowed than they have, but it works fine.

The US has Kim Kardashian and Donald Trump, the UK is stuck with QE2 and Will and Kate. I'd take the later if I could.

heavyset_go · on Feb 10, 2021

I take it you've made the assumption that my 40% figure was somehow related to Trump's approval rating, or something along those lines.

First, I am sorry that you're offended by a statistical figure.

Second, the figure was from research that was done in my grandparents' era, about three quarters of a century ago. About 40% of Americans displayed authoritarian personality traits.

Any assumptions you've made are merely coincidental. Have a nice day.