There's just no getting around that authoritarians believe that vulnerability should be met by domination, so any time they perceive an imbalance of power their response is to impose a greater imbalance of power and strip agency from whoever they think has the least power.

— PallasRiot (@PallasRiot) April 24, 2022

I think that’s true (from the thread in the post below). They know they would abuse any power they have, so they assume everyone else will too. It’s projection. They can’t imagine not being petty authoritarians so they act as if it’s true in all aspects of life and for everyone.