It is loyalty that is the scaffolding and structure of their worldview. Think about loyalty and what it means. Of course, this only applies to people who tend to admire and respect authority and even require it in order to feel safe and secure. Loyalty, taken to the extreme, is capable of operating above and beyond the dictates of reason, law, common good, etc.
That type is largely immune to what we would consider a rational approach to government, politics and the economy. They may act more from a deep-seated need, (possibly inculcated in childhood) to have a controller controlling things and that may even be projected onto the idea of a Father figure, as per God, or an authoritarian, tin pot dictator. Somebody has to be "in control" and the most convincing individual that says what they want to hear can fill that hole.
With that in mind, they are then victims of the most potent kind of confirmation bias. They only seek to know or understand things in a way that confirms their loyalty to what they believe and who represents it. The danger in this kind narrow, biased reality, they can even consider the negative impacts they experience as part of some "greater good" or a process that will eventually bring about their expected outcome(s). They would be willing to frame their personal losses as necessary sacrifices for the cause.
That means that anything and everything could be fair game, even setting the world on fire and destroying what is fundamental to a working society. Don't expect those types to change colors or even admit a defeat.
Thankfully, they are a minority, so I don't consider them a threat to the election, though it is a contributing factor. Meanwhile, they may support the egregious actions of this MisAdminstration, and that is troubling.
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