content: They're two sides of the exact same coin. Republican authoritarianism last took shape in the form of the moral majority which was just as idiotic as the current regressive left, and were vastly more powerful. They played a major role in putting politicians into office all the way to the presidency and also helped shape various legislation which pandered to their interests. You can still see the remnants of his influence in the social authoritarianism in the republican party today. In any case yeah they were huge fans of trying to ban/censor anything that offended "family values" - video games, television, even board games. The current loonies are very vocal but I think largely thanks to social media rather than actual numbers. Everything that panders to the regressive left ends up flopping - be it video games or even a president. And I think that's largely because in spite of their voice, their numbers and support are extremely low.  Both sides do the exact same insanity. I think what we need is proportional representation. If 15% of people vote libertarian, or green, then 15% of seats in our congress should be taken by those parties. Thanks to our voting system, it's 0%. That's a problem since it means the old dinosaurs of US politics, democrats and republicans, hold effectively 100% of the power even though they represent fewer people than ever.