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But people under stress might opt for a some sort of religeous acceptance of hardship, or a cult, or fascisim first.

Where are the examples of the middle voting against the extremes when times get really hard?

Maybe we're already seeing this. Seems like people would rather join a cult than not feel useful. Taking handouts from the man... er... machine and free time for hobbies probably isn't going to do it.

Feeling useful could turn out to be part of basic human dignity.