Now that this has been thoroughly (and rightly) mocked, can we talk about how disturbing it is that Trump supporters see no problem with it?

Some 40% of the US still adore Trump - and only love him more the more authoritarian he gets. Why do so many Americans want a dictator?

"…modern man still is anxious and tempted to surrender his freedom to dictators of all kinds, or to lose it by transforming himself into a small cog in the machine..."

― Erich Fromm, Escape from Freedom

And yes, much of it is also that people think a dictatorship with "their guy" in power will never turn on them or their families...

"We should never underestimate the tendency of demagogues who sacrifice the rights of others in our name today to jettison our rights tomorrow when their real priority—retaining power—is in jeopardy."
- @kenroth, January 2017
https://bit.ly/2Qv4nUF 

So, some people are willing to give up their rights to the authoritarian leader, and some think only other people will lose their rights, not them.

Some drink the deadly Kool-Aid willingly. Others think the leader would never hand them a poisoned glass.

Even after three and a half years of his attacks on democratic norms, this underlying problem hasn’t gone away - and regardless of what happens in November, those 40% of Americans are not simply going to go away either.

I see that some of the Democrats’ messaging (and that of former Republicans) is deliberately trying to highlight the authoritarian threat, and trying to reach out to these people, but is there any evidence that it’s working?

See also this just in: https://twitter.com/edokeefe/status/1297543267966488578