Authoritarians see themselves as righteous enforcers allied with legitimate authority

Evidence

Submissive, conventional people could be particularly likely to think they are the good guys, the righteous, God’s “designated hitters,” because they see themselves allied with the established, morality-deciding authorities in life. One can readily see why they might think of themselves as the ’““Moral Majority.” — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 541

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: High authoritarians readily support persecution of groups including their own. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology: Key Readings, 917; Genuine authoritarian populism succeeds by appearing reasonable and common. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 493