People seem to think that if they approve of a goal, actions taking in the name of that goal can't be totalitarian, or fascist, or bad in any way. Every author

People seem to think that if they approve of a goal, actions taking in the name of that goal can't be totalitarian, or fascist, or bad in any way. Every authoritarian measure in history was justified by something that sounded like good intentions. That you agree with a stated goal is orthogonal to whether a measure is totalitarian.