[The once and future king]

OMG.

Thats what is mind expanding about these forums. It is the only possible interaction I could have with someone capable of expressing such a sentiment.

As for security. This is the real reason that someone tends to the republican side of the force (the dark side).

Republicans love authority. They love strong armies strong police and firm and draconian laws. They want discipline rigidity and conformity. These are the psychological tells of the right in general. Fundamentaly they want to transfer responsibility for thier lives to an external force or father figure. They want to be told what to do and they want every one to obey those ordrers or else.

This is why the republican party has such strong ties with fundamentalist christian sections of USA culture. What better father figure than a disiplianrian God who sets down firm laws and punishes with damnation anyone who trangresses.

In essence then republicans and fundamentalist evangelical christians have the same fundamtenal neurosis and seek to resolve those by seeking a disciplinarian authority figure/external force which demands obediance and can grant them security from thier fears.