Why I deplore authoritarianism everywhere

I got into a discussion of far right parties in Europe, such as the Alternativ für Deutschland, and the right wing parties in Poland, Hungary, Turkiye, Italy, France, and Spain. And I mused the following, as my reason for opposing these movements with every fiber of my being. 

These right wing parties share a fundamental belief in authority, whether of institutions or a strongman, and a skepticism of both the desirability and the possibility of democracy. Flawed as it is, representative democracy as a governing principle is the only one that has ever led to government even partially in the interests of ordinary people, as opposed to the rich and powerful. And when authoritarians have interposed their perquisites and power "in the name of" the people, such as the Marxist Leninist revolutions in Russia, China and the former Soviet sphere, the result has been indistinguishable from violent fascism in almost all respects other than semantics. 

The current authoritarian regimes in Russia and China (and to a slightly lesser extent India, Iran and Israel) are constrained by geopolitics to some extent, but they represent a trend of history I deplore utterly, that being authoritarianism. Which I think of as "early stage totalitarianism," since the progression of one to the other seems to be all but universal throughout history. Authoritarians may or may not ally themselves with other authoritarian regimes, but what they all oppose is democracy, especially in their own countries. 

Every authoritarian country has its liberal minority (sometimes underground), and every "democratic" country has its authoritarian institutions and factions, but when a broad comparison is made, there is none. Only countries with intact legal systems guaranteeing actual election of the government, with the ability to unelect them still intact, are places where stable prosperity and opportunity for self-directed lifestyle are even possible. These far right parties don't accept this, and all I can say is, that's the way to the nightmare of totalitarianism, to be resisted by any means to hand.