Again and again, even supposedly smart people are fine when what a dictator claims aligns with what they think is good while handwaving the long term issues of

Again and again, even supposedly smart people are fine when what a dictator claims aligns with what they think is good while handwaving the long term issues of giving up control and power to them. Especially around security where techies have a tendency to shut down their brains whenever it is brought up, as if in the name of security everything else should be compromised.