family, an extended family. and of course some of the people in the family were more progressive and did not approve of the coup. but most of them did. most of them did. and the fact that pinochet stayed in powerfor 17 years cannot be explained without the fact that half the population supported the dictatorship. they wanted an authoritarian government, and that can happen again because people have a sort of nostalgia for that sense of security. they had the idea, "well, if i don't get in trouble with "the government, i can live safely and everything is fine "and i don't need to know what happens next door." right. you mention... you bring up the word authoritarianism there,