Rising “soft” dictators – what the journalist Bobby Ghosh calls authoritarian democrats – have used these feelings of unease and alienation to attract votes. Their supporters do not want to be oppressed, but they do want stability and national sovereignty – desires that their leaders fulfill partly by limiting opposition.
崛起的“温和”独裁者——也就是记者鲍比·戈什所谓的“独裁民主派”——充分利用了上述不安和疏离感来吸引选票。他们的支持者不希望受压迫，但却希望稳定和国家主权得到保障——领导人部分通过限制反对派来满足他们的愿望。