re: #313 Sharmuta
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.
Exactly what I meant by authoritarianism not being specifically partisan. Democrats wanting to impose Can/Euro-style National Health Care while the previous Republican administration was tempted with the Federal Marriage Amendment.