You should post a real response, next time. The essay asks a question to generate intelligent discussion, not knit-picking self-serving responses. If you aren’t one of the 26 percent, why should you care? If you aren’t in favor of the authoritarian rule, why should you care about that stat? And what is the MSM? Mainstream media? You are paying attention to them that much that you are using their jargon too, right? I rarely watch the MSM. I read all over the world and generate my views.