Sanders is the kind of politician that we deserve. Trump is the kind of politician we should point at, laugh, and dismiss.
Authoritarianism is, in essence, believing that a certain authority figure is the one, true authority figure, and should be followed...with any dissent meeting a punishment that it deserve for going against that authority. You know, like a non-violent protester being sucker punched, and cheering it on, because, you know, he deserved it.