@freepatriot in, of course, the lewisian sense: they stopped trying to be sophisticated liberal rationalists and realized they need a man in charge just like everyone else had for thousands of years.
One wonders how we got to where we are today; a society of non-critical thinkers, non-thinkers period, relying on the State as if a parent or god, fully dependent on this failed system of corruption, indoctrination, and control over every aspect of life.