Authoritarians differ only in degree, not kind, from ordinary cognitive fallibility

Evidence

Let me summarize this chapter with the observation that right-wing authoritarians have not caught some mysterious disease from outer space that affects their cognitive processes but leaves the rest of humanity untouched. They are not “them” while the rest of the world is “‘us.” Instead, I think they have just gotten an extra helping of some very common human weaknesses. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 1442