What is your definition of authoritarianism? It can’t be “if you don’t get immediate consensus for a big change, give up and stop trying to fix the problem”. Ju

What is your definition of authoritarianism? It can’t be “if you don’t get immediate consensus for a big change, give up and stop trying to fix the problem”. Just in this context, for example, many Americans have been trained to have a strong negative reaction to the word “tax” which leads to many things being done less efficiently using other mechanisms, but it’s hardly authoritarian to find a compromise position following the democratic process.