People take the devil they know over uncertainty.
Given the history of chaos in Russia and China, that’s completely understandable.
Our Western concept of freedom appeals to very few people and history is proof of it.
We’re not living at the end of history and the triumph of liberal values remains far from assured.
“Why should cattle have the gifts of freedom? Their heritage from generation to generation is the belled yoke and the lash.” - Aleksandr Pushkin
“Now the LORD is the Spirit. And where the Spirit of the LORD is, there is freedom.” - Saint Paul