Why We Support Authoritarians

As shown in this fabulous piece of animation, there are two main theories that address the tendency of human populations to stand behind authoritarian regimes, but they both revolve around how people behave when they’re threatened by some sort of hardship or danger, whether real or perceived.  Consequently, there are different ways of dealing with this challenge, to ensure that democracies, like the fragile one the United States has now, don’t revert to dictatorships.