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What is it that some countries such as Germany, Austria and even Russia would rather have a dictator rule over them than be free?

It's what they're used to. It's tied up with the great periods of their history.

And over time, artists, intellectuals, and politicians create a cult or mystique of the great leader and the grateful, dependent, submissive Volk.

I'm not so sure that today's Germany (or even today's Austria) is really looking for a dictator, though.

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They have no problem with the EU’s government in Brussels being dictatorial.