The tyrants were able to seize control in Athens because they had the backing of the common people
Answer:
Authoritarian rule can be or cannot be legitimate because existence of pure legitimacy is not possible
Explanation:
The legitimacy represents outspoken public loyalty and conformist mentality of a individual /group/organization which shapes the repressive administrative machinery to be of a high developed nature. This is not possible in authoritarian regimes which leverage to facilitate certain sects of the society like elite group.
However, in current time pure legitimacy is also not possible hence the concept of authoritative legitimacy is arising.
We went through a time where most government’s around the world where monarchies. His new way of thinking challenged common thinking of the time and was later credited during and after the enlightenment where his ideas became common thinking in the modern era.
I believe option 1 would be the right answer
