> What happens when the next set of elections puts in somebody who uses that power for less than ideal purposes? But a related question is whether the current

> What happens when the next set of elections puts in somebody who uses that power for less than ideal purposes? But a related question is whether the current status quo increases the probability that such an authoritarian will get elected in the first place. On the one hand, yes, it's bad to give tools like this to a would-be authoritarian. But on the other hand, a lack of such tools may increase the chances that such an authoritarian will rise. They use the freedoms you gave them to get in, then strip those freedoms from you. A liberal and democratic society can't survive without some level of involuntary force applied against those who don't care for such ideals.