Full Idea
If you think human beings are wicked, you turn to an authoritarian conception of politics, the Hobbesian-Machiavellian-Straussian lie.
Clarification
'Strauss' is Leo Strauss
Gist of Idea
Belief that humans are wicked leads to authoritarian politics
Source
Simon Critchley (Impossible Objects: interviews [2012], 3)
Book Reference
Critchley,Simon: 'Impossible Objects: interviews' [Politty 2012], p.51
A Reaction
Right-wingers also tend to believe in free will, so they can blame and punish. Good people are more inspired by a great leader than bad people are? (Later, Critchley says authoritarians usually believe in original sin).