Authoritarians of opposing ideologies unite against democracy.

Evidence

We have the spectacle of Communists and czarists, one of whose founders deposed and murdered the leader of the other, allied now in opposition to democracy in Russia today—along with the nationalists, fascists, and anti-Semites. What do you suppose all these groups have in common? — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 4283

Categorization

• SEED: Angle: what totalitarian rivals share is more than what divides them — a piece on why anti-democratic ideology trumps historical blood feuds.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 4283
• XREF: connects to: The ruling class unites only through shared fear of the masses — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 495; Schelsky, Gehlen, and Freyer held an anti-democratic positivism rooted in counter-Enlightenment tradition. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2458; Scholars on the left increasingly favor China-style authoritarianism over democracy — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1640