I don't think Democrats lack respect for authority. They are deeply authoritarian, too. They want a cradle-to-grave welfare state, after all, with a micromanaged economy and moralistic busybodies running surveillance on everyone.

Meanwhile, Republicans love to talk about free markets and individual rights, but they also love imposing corporate cartels, prohibitions, and a parasitic military-industrial complex.

As both sides further polarize over the concentration of power and who should wield it, is it any wonder tensions continually rise?