Tyrannophobia

Although tyrannophilia (D. Pikes) had not yet set in, the traditional tyrannophobia (Thomas Hobbes) had been partially set out of joint.

On the other hand, if tyrannophobia hampers useful grants of power to the executive, it creates social costs, namely and entrenched reluctance to transfer necessary powers to the executive.

Indeed, if the aim is to minimize the risk of dictatorship, or just to take optimal precautions against it, tyrannophobia might be counterproductive, for reasons we will discuss.