What's even more tragic is that many intellectuals have supported this kind of government in all sorts of ways. They call this self-abusive behavior "neo-authoritarianism" or "neoconservatism."
而更可悲的是，許多知識分子，竟以各種方式表態支持那樣的政府，他們對這種「自殘」、「自虐」的理論稱之為：「新權威主義」、或「新保守主義」。