re: #292 laZardo

Authoritarianism has historically shown itself to really hold no partisan link although a too-small government had also proven its own worth in the age of Standard Oil. Perhaps this ‘vision’ for a democratic republic would be more toward the center of that chart?

People on both the left and the right are capable of giving in to their inner authoritarian. This is why the American Constitution placed a system of checks and balances on power within the document to guard against this inclination in human nature.