The same pessimism yields both egalitarian and authoritarian conclusions.

Evidence

But since, as a rule, the question of greater or lesser evil can be decided only by personal valuation, the same pessimistic mood may also lead to the exactly opposite conviction. One can argue that, in large as in small groups, there must be some government; and that, therefore, it is better that unsuited persons govern than that nobody does. — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 7308