32 percent of Americans believe a military regime or authoritarian leader would be a good way of governing the country.

The people who dont want to be told how they live desperately want someone to tell them how to live.

32% of americans are retarded and have no idea how much damage one authoritarian dictator can do

32% of americans are chickenshit responsibility abrogators that want everything they do to be dictated to them. Religion has been a major primer for that mindset

They are authoritarians.

A guy in the 90s foretold what will happen, who they are, and why we must outvote them

TIL 32% of Americans are idiots.

Wait … I knew this already. Never mind.

Alternative headline: "32 percent of Americans are fucking braindead"

Even well-meaning authoritarians can do terrible things, to say nothing of their eventual replacement. Look what happens to otherwise great companies when the founder dies and is replaced by someone just looking to maximize next quarter profits.

What short-sighted utter fools.

And this right here is exactly why leftist should never give up their guns.

Hmm I wonder what 30% that is....

I also wonder if there is any overlap between that 30% and people that have a bones for "freedom" and "liberty"

We fought a fucking war over this and people still seem to love licking boots.

“Susan Sontag was asked what she had learned from the Holocaust, and she said that 10% of any population is cruel, no matter what, and that 10% is merciful, no matter what, and that the remaining 80% could be moved in either direction” —Kurt Vonnegut

Can’t they just say Trump supporters?

a decade later, somewhere on 4chan

be me
hardcore Trump supporter
Trump wins, I'm ecstatic
world starts going to hell, WW3 kicks off
married with three sons, trying to keep everything together
decide to start a construction company, war efforts boost business
build a bunch of buildings, making bank
get elected to local office, life is on the up and up

land a huge contract, biggest yet
build the place, turns out it's a gay bar
fml
media catches wind, calls me part of the "woke agenda"
sons get drafted into the war, proud but terrified
trying to keep the family safe as the world burns
business takes a nosedive, firebombed by extremists
every building I've ever built gets torched
house goes up in flames, barely escape with wife

wife blames me for everything, says I'm the reason we're targeted
receive word from the front lines
"All three of your sons killed in friendly fire"
caskets arrive the next morning
wife loses it completely, leaves the country, I'm left alone

arrested, accused of contributing to "trans agenda"
just a foreman trying to get by, now rotting in jail
every dream turned to ash
life was supposed to be perfect
now I'm just a broken man with nothing but regret

tfw everything falls apart because of one misguided decision

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Leopards ate my face energy

News just in. At least 32% of Americans are brain dead.

The Founders were ONLY CORRECT when they said we're allowed to Shoot Up Elementary Schools. Everything else was WRONG!

-Pro Life Republicans.

That's what the Germans though in 1932, too. Maybe those idiots now should have a look into some history books about that era to see what happened next.

This coming from the "if you exchange freedom.for security you will enjoy neither freedom nor security" folks.

Just a quick question: give me one, ONE simple example of a successful military dictatorship that didn't take the country to hell and left damn near all its citizens poor, suppressed, and suffering?

Reactionaries believe that all of the problems they face are due to the fact that the wrong people are ruling.

They are 100% in favor of a neo-feudal pseudoaristocracy where billionaires are unleashed to rule the States as their fiefdoms and will impose their vision upon their subjects.

Reactionaries do not value individual autonomy except for the privileged man who runs the factory, farm, or family; all others should do as they're told or face his wrath.

They do not believe in structuring society to be fair and equitable, as is evident by their crusaides against DEI, holding police accountable, women, LGBTQ people, the non-religious, the unhoused, progressive taxes, and welfare.

All they care about is power to enact their will on others.

The dissonance is astounding. The average mouth breathing MAGA is either so poor and stupid that they don't realize that their taxes are going to go way up and their services like Pension and medical will evaporate. The other type of MAGA supporter is probably a fairly well off enough to insulate them from the worst of this (except the tax shift to them) but are happy because they get to openly hate the people they see as a problem which will lead to blow back that they can't understand. Bad times ahead if trump wins guaranteed

32% is all you need. Thanks to the perpetual minority rule established by electoral college system

Know what FINE! I say we give them a Democrat run military regime that imposes our beliefs on them under threat of execution. This solves a couple problems. It lets them feed their persecution fetish, so they can finally cum and chill the fuck out. It also alters their stance on the issue. Conservatives don't care about anything until it happens to them. Once they see how their fun ideas plays out against them, they will actually care about the issue and how it affects others. A lot of their "imma bring down the gubment with mah AR-15" clowns will find out their ideas are as impotent as they are. After their wet fart of a revolution fails, and a few years of learning what real oppression is, we voluntarily go back to a democracy.

Could be fun times!

32 percent of Americans are fascist bootlickers

Weird coincidence, but have you noticed how Trump's approval, when it's at its absolute lowest, always hovers around 32%?

32% of Americans want to be Nazis? Sad to see.

From this and other polls it really does seem that most countries would be immeasurably improved if a good third of the population were to spontaneously combust.

Civics, politics, and world history classes. Is nobody taking these anymore? Sheesh.

The people who think this have never had to truly struggle in their entire fucking lives. Fat little American piggies who think that everything will stay the same in every facet of life under their military dictatorship, as if nothing bad could ever happen to them and bad things will only happen to the people they hate. They take for granted all of the freedoms and luxuries they enjoy daily and never once consider how quickly those would vanish for them too.

Here they go through Europe biggest fuck ups 90 years later. I'd say enjoy the ride but they'll pull the whole world in.

This country is cooked that number is way too high.

At this point, I would be unsurprised if a third of Americans voted for an industrial meat shredder for President, even after it had been repeatedly and clearly explained they would be marched into it at gunpoint if it won. The lower part of our bell curve is… well… very, very low.

I hate this country more and more every day.

It has worked SO WELL for...

Well I wouldn't want to bother them with history.

This sounds about right. If you look at the rise of authoritarian parties in Europe you will see numbers sitting between 25% and 35% too. I have a feeling that this might just be an innate personality trait that people are born with. Some people are more submissive and prefer strong leaders, even at the cost of personal liberties. I mean, we already witness this in other aspects of life.

I read some research somewhere that found that about a third of the people in any given country are authoritarian shitheads (paraphrasing). The problem is that the unique structure of the US system of government gives said shitheads outsized power and representation relative to their numbers.

If you ask the same people if they would want a leftist military regime or authoritarian governement they would beg for democracy. These people have no scrouples. End of the day they just want to be left alone like everyone else. It's just lashing out because they themselves don't want to change.

How very in-American of them. I thought those conservatives were all about 1776 and independence from a king/dictator. I guess it’s more like they want their king is charge to crush anyone who has slightly different views.

Well, good news for them!

Anyway, I blame the 24 hour news cycle.

"No more terrible disaster could befall your people than for them to fall into the hands of a Hero [Dictator]"

Pardot Kynes

And here's where the Democrats run into a massive problem.

The Democrats are running on two fronts: A policy position, and warning people of the authoritarianism that Trump and the GOP will bring if they return to power.

The problem is that the Republican base is basically saying "Yeah. We know. We want it that way. Screw your policies." And they have enough on their side to actually win the election. How the hell do you compete with that?

I have a hard time believing the questions or something is not skewed to get such a high result.

I'm 100% in favor of me being a dictator for life but otherwise I'm pretty sure democracy is a good idea.

So much for "Give me liberty or give me death!".

I guess a Christian fascist theocracy is a good option for some.

Some people's need to be ruled by a King is very real. It's how their brain works.

I hate this so much.

I’m sure 32% of those 32% would say that authority should allow abortions.

If only we could give them what they want and let them have their own shitty fascist country somewhere so they'd leave us alone.

Thank God we're not a democracy.

- Republicans

Silver lining, we outnumber them 2:1.

a military regime or authoritarian leader

Two completely different things in this climate. Anyone else remember when Gen. Miley literally went behind Trump's back to assure China that the military would block any of his (possible) tantrums?

One step closer to: "We forgot how to make cheese, y'all!"

Weirdly, the percentage who agree with that statement, by political affiliation, are: Left - 25% Right - 29% Center - 37%?!

Well then we know that 32% of people in America are not fond of America. I'm fine with the whole Trump bullshit of "kicking them out", but let's make it about these assholes and not the people who are here to have a functioning democracy.

The stupid minority. Only stupid people who don't bother learning about the world would think this. Minus the very few who just wanna use the situation to get rich.

Work towards peace, prepare for the inevitable.

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One of my gramps fled fascism in Italy. Always warned me that a lot of people want someone to tell them what to do, primed to receive commands. That side is filled with rebels, flexible and rational people that operate in shades of grey.

On the other side, I have a cousin who had a strict dad, retired military guy, good soldier, no doubt. Cousin loves Trump. That side is more blue collar, less education, less financial means. Cousin never had to deal with emotions, couldn't have done so in a safe environment with her dad around anyway, yelling at her all the time, telling her exactly what to do, why to do it, how to do it.

She would get harshly punished for very specific things and her folks would make sure she understood the just desert of it clear. She's never led anything of her own, never started anything for herself. She's very attached to the idea that people get what they deserve and has a hard time related to anyone different from her, which are defense mechanisms and marks of her emotional immaturity. Like, she cannot fathom that there are innocent people in prison who have pleased guilty. Her ability to think for herself is as stunted as her compassion for others. She needed serious education and travel, exposure to other cultures and ideas, she got a certificate, a job, and an apartment instead. Super attached to her personal property. Cannot fathom the idea of not being angry if for example something was stolen from her that she was fully insured for. Obviously she has a gun and feels like it keeps her safe.

She has authoritarian sympathy engrained in her. It is her attachment style. Loud shouted orders are her love language.

Dumb as a brick.

I remember reading long ago that the best form of government is actually a benevolent dictatorship. The problem is that dictatorships never stay that way and doing anything about it becomes extremely difficult, if impossible.

So basically, leaving it all up to one person is a bad idea.

Insanity. I have seen these people in operation my whole life, and I still don't understand this type of thinking.

Sigh.

32 percent of America has never been in the military, or were in the old boys club when they served.

You do not want the military running the show.

Then move to Myanmar.

Hopefully that's how many people vote for trump as well

32% of Americans don't understand the constitution.

32 percent of americans have chowder for brains

And 99% of that 32% are the "I woudda served but...." crowd.

Polls.

Polls are fantasy. They're bullshit. They're a distraction at best.

Polls are lazy journalism's crack. Joining X-formerly-twitter as lazy journalism's vodka.