Desperate times favored authoritarian spectacle over socialist equality

Evidence

Weil hoped it would be to the left, but she feared that, in desperate times, the severe uniforms and regimentation of the Nazi rallies would have more appeal than vague socialist dreams of equality. She was right. — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 254

Categorization

• CANDY: A strikingly compact political observation — authoritarian aesthetics beat vague egalitarian ideals in crises.
• XREF: connects to: Authoritarianism rises during threatening historical periods and falls in calm ones; Situational threat raises authoritarianism while inequality raises social dominance — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 2479; Demand for authoritarian institutions arises from popular despair at democratic disorder.

Broader Connections

• Situational threat raises authoritarianism while inequality raises social dominance #corroborates (0.80) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2479
• Authoritarianism rises during threatening historical periods and falls in calm ones #corroborates (0.78)
• Demand for authoritarian institutions arises from popular despair at democratic disorder. #corroborates (0.78)