I’m just trying to understand. Erdogan in Turkey, Putin in Russia, Orban in Hungary etc… Why do these leaders still get so much support after all they’ve done? What do they exactly like about them?
Aren’t these people seeing a massive drop in their quality of life?
I think one answer that’s not yet been provided is that many people generally “don’t know, and don’t want to know”. They just want it to work the way they want. Politics, social engagement, philosophy, and other broad concepts are gigantic and difficult topics. These strong men figures understand that if they can just say they’re taking care of “it” they can also get a lot of what they want as well.
Religion is largely the same, and you’ll see a ton of overlap from these kind of people. Often so much so that the venn diagram is nearly a circle. It’s just more comfortable and easy to not be introspective and address your own personal biases and entrenched beliefs. Why do that when big strong guy can hurt others when they argue with you.