It’s called elite projection. They believe that they personally not only know everything and are right all the time, they also want to force everyone to think like them. It’s the same mechanism as with stalinism.
Powerful people have always justified their privilege in some way. Kings descended from the gods or had a divine right to rule, lords and other nobles were the better part of humanity and protected weaker people, etc.
It’s called elite projection. They believe that they personally not only know everything and are right all the time, they also want to force everyone to think like them. It’s the same mechanism as with stalinism.
Powerful people have always justified their privilege in some way. Kings descended from the gods or had a divine right to rule, lords and other nobles were the better part of humanity and protected weaker people, etc.