Wow this is a powerful way to word it. "Authoritarians never believe they're authoritarians, no matter how much censorship, surveillance, jingoism, & imprisonm

Wow this is a powerful way to word it. "Authoritarians never believe they're authoritarians, no matter how much censorship, surveillance, jingoism, & imprisonment they demand. They tell themselves their enemies are so uniquely evil and dangerous - terrorists - that anything done in the name of fighting them is noble."