Probably a wise angle to take. You don’t have to be an open-borders advocating, staunch socialist to be against authoritarianism. Quite a significant straw man, even if there’s visible correlation in modern times.

Reform supporters for the most part aren’t fans of thinking. They are scared specifically of people who occupy the same physical spaces as them who they see as not in their tribe, something which they learned from their parents most likely and then had reinforced by billions of pounds of propaganda via every possible media source the mega rich can access. Being concerned with anything beyond that requires effort which is not what they’re in the business of. This isn’t even said with judgement, this is just what’s happening.