Authoritarianism

Where are the Authoritarians Taking America – Same Place as Texas, SC, WI?

Will the country default by not raising the debt limit? The consensus, which is growing but does not include the…

13 years ago

Authoritarian Plan to End American Democracy – The Powell Memo

While reading Zombie Politics and Culture in the Age of Casino Capitalism by Henry Giroux, I learned about another element…

13 years ago

The “Empathy Deficit” and the Growth of American Authoritarianism

The following is a letter I sent to President Obama via their contact page at the White House. In 2006,…

13 years ago

Authoritarians – The Hyper Dead, Still Alive as Avatars of Death and Cruelty?

Listed below is a portion of the introduction for Zombie Politics and Culture in the Age of Casino Capitalism by…

14 years ago

Republican Senators – Shameless, Spineless, or Without Conscience?

RE: Most Republican Senators voted yesterday to pass the Paul Ryan Budget Plan for the wealthy. Tonight, I sent the…

14 years ago

Newt Gingrich – President of the United States?

Newt Gingrich is the Ayman al-Zawahiri of the Republican Party. Both are

14 years ago

Social Dominance Authoritarians – Rule By Fearful Fantasies

In 2006, John Dean wrote this about neoconservatives in his book Conservatives Without Conscience: Neoconservatives are a relatively small group…

14 years ago

Violence Against Americans by Americans – Individual Action Is Only Part of the Story

Individual actions result from the influences of many factors. This is referred to as "systemic causation." Some factors are genetic…

14 years ago

The Hypothetical Left/Center/Right Scale – Has The Republican Party Become Extremist?

In E. J. Dionne's Where the 'No Labels' movement falls short, he states: The truth is that the American right…

14 years ago

The Tea Party – The “Masses” for American Authoritarianism

In 2003, Laurence W. Britt, reviewed seven national regimes which followed the "fascist or protofascist model in obtaining, expanding, and…

14 years ago