What stops them from becoming plain old authoritarian supporters with guns?
They wouldn't defend anyone if coopted well enough.
Attribute virtue, even more so Democratic virtue to such a huge chunk of population sounds extremely naive.
They wouldn't defend anyone if coopted well enough.
Attribute virtue, even more so Democratic virtue to such a huge chunk of population sounds extremely naive.
You’re off in the rhubarb hallucinating about “Democratic virtue” which is a meaningless term and unrelated to a Republic based on laws.