Category Archives: Authoritarianism

Authoritarianism describes a form of government characterized by strict obedience to the authority of the state, which often maintains and enforces social control through the use of oppressive measures. The term may also be used to describe the personality or management style of an individual or organization which seeks to dominate those within its sphere of influence and has little regard for building consensus.

Use of this category typically indicates other categories, like National Security, also apply.

Tracking the Growth of American Authoritarianism

“Can There Really Be Fascist People In A Democracy?”
Libertarians are stealthily taking over America.
Since the 1971 Powell Memo, America has moved closer and closer to Fascism.

 

230 Years of Fascination with Liberty – Are We About to Lose Her?

Posted on January 20, 2007 by Andy Hailey

American’s have had a fascination with liberty for over 200 years and many of us have expressed how important it is to our way of life and warned us about protecting it: He that would make his own liberty secure … Continue reading →

  • Related WAWG Article:: <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=162" target="_blank" title="The Iraq Study Group Report For a New Approach Is Collecting Dust - But Bush Has His Answer from the Neocons">Bush Lends an Ear to the Neocons</a>, <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=143" target="_blank" title="The Right-wing Authoritarians (RWA) Need Leadership - Neocons Are Their Commanders">Neocons Use Evangelicals Who Need Protection of the Neocons</a>, <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=166" target="_blank" title="2006 Election - Evangelicals Still Strong Backers of Republican Party">Neocon Troops Still Strong</a>, <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=35" target="_blank" title="Corruption Requires Secrets, Secrets Need Protection, and Protection Requires Collusion and a Hobbled Media">Neocons are protecting us with secrets</a>
  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.world-peace-society.net/WPS/editorials/exposingtheneoconagenda.htm" target="_blank" title="Exposing the Neoconservative Agenda">Strauss philosophy - the foundation of the Neoconservative movement</a>
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2006 Election – Evangelicals Still Strong Backers of Republican Party

Posted on January 3, 2007 by Andy Hailey

Right-wing authoritarian (RWA) followers are still supporting their favorite party just as their social dominator leaders, or the neocons, are. The following was compiled for a review by Pew Research to show a trend toward Democrats in the last three … Continue reading →

  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://pewresearch.org/reports/?ReportID=79" target="_blank" title="Pew Research poll results, January 16, 2007">New Poll Finds Surging GOP Support for a Troop Surge</a>
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The Iraq Study Group Report For a “New Approach” Is Collecting Dust – But Bush Has His Answer from the Neocons

Posted on December 22, 2006 by Andy Hailey

According to John King, of CNN, ” … to embrace the gloomy verdict of the Iraq Study Group, Mr. Bush would have to concede he got just about all of it wrong.” But not to worry, the American Enterprise Institute … Continue reading →

  • Related NPR Stories: <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6657679" target="_blank" title="But quietly, inside the Pentagon, the ISG report is widely regarded as unrealistic. ">Rival Iraq Report Wins Attention in Washington</a>
  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/011651.php" target="_blank" title="Et tu, Brooke?">Highlighting the one truly nutball idea about what to do in Iraq</a>, <a href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/12/20/bush_war/index_np.html" target="_blank" title="A battered group of neocons delivered the president his latest war plan, letting him reject the grave warnings of the Iraq Study Group and deny that we're losing the war.">Behind Bush's 'new way forward'</a>, <a href="http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=12302" target="_blank" title="Fred Kagan's disastrous plan for victory in Iraq">Final Fantasy</a>
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Reinstating the “Imperial Presidency” – Dick Cheney’s 38 Year Quest Is Nearly Complete

Posted on December 1, 2006 by Andy Hailey

Charlie Savage states in Cheney has storied history: A close look at key moments in Cheney’s career — from his political apprenticeship in the Nixon and Ford administrations to his decade in Congress and his tenure as Secretary of Defense … Continue reading →

  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://hnn.us/articles/18668.html" target="_blank" title="The hallmark of the Dick Cheney administration is its illegitimacy.">The Long March of Dick Cheney</a>
  • Related WAWG Article:: <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=94" target="_blank" title="Government by the Party, for the Party, and of the Party - Part 3">The Cheney Executive Branch</a>, <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=89" target="_blank" title="Presidents Nixon and Bush, hired both Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney.">Fool Me Once Shame on You, Fool Me Twice … No, Not This Time</a><a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=89" target="_blank" title="Presidents Nixon and Bush, hired both Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney.">Fool Me Once Shame on You, Fool Me Twice … No, Not This Time</a>
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The Right-wing Authoritarians (RWA) Need Leadership – Neocons Are Their Commanders and Their Plan to Fix the Middle East is Still a “Go” Despite the Midterm Election Setback

Posted on November 26, 2006 by Andy Hailey

John Dean described the makeup of authoritarian conservatism as follows: Two factions of conservatism currently embrace a contemporary adaptation of authoritarian conservatism: neoconservatives and social conservatives. Neoconservatives are a relatively small group of social-dominance authoritarians, with significant, if not disproportionate … Continue reading →

  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://uggabugga.blogspot.com/2006/11/joshua-muravchik-fool-or-knavethis-guy.html" target="_blank" title="This guy, a 'scholar' at the American Enterprise Institute, has two OpEds in major newspapers">Joshua Muravchik, fool or knave?</a>
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Senator Barry Goldwater and John Dean Have Warned Us – Authoritarians Want to Control the Republican Party

Posted on November 25, 2006 by Andy Hailey

In Power and Absolute Power – What Concerns Me Most, I stated, “Neither political extreme is good for Texas or the country, but the extreme we are headed for this time is a place our founding fathers knew well. They … Continue reading →

  • Related WAWG Article:: <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=97" target="_blank" title="The House that Newt Built">Social Dominators - Part 1a</a>, <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=96" target="_blank" title="The Double High House of Delay">Social Dominators - Part 1b</a>, <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=95" target="_blank" title="The Frist Mini-House Senate">Social Dominators - Part 2</a>, <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=94" target="_blank" title="The Cheney Executive Branch">Social Dominators - Part 3</a>
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Don’t Let The Authoritarians Distract You – They Still Want a Single-Party State and All Its Trappings

Posted on November 16, 2006 by Andy Hailey

President Bush has been taking exception to our laws by using signing statements and to our Constitution by eliminating part of it. All the while, the Republican Congress has been sparing the rod and spoiling the child and letting him … Continue reading →

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South Dakota’s “JAIL for Judges” – The Authoritarian Single-Party State Needs to Control the Judiciary

Posted on October 29, 2006 by Andy Hailey

EDWARD LAZARUS summarized the situation this way: In legal circles, the issue of the moment is judicial “independence.” For many years now, right-wing conservatives [authoritarians (RWA)] have been conducting an unrelenting attack on supposedly out-of-control “activist” judges, as part of … Continue reading →

  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.no-on-e.com/truth.php" target="_blank" title="A wolf in sheep's clothing">The Truth About Amendment E</a>, <a href="http://www.justiceatstake.org/contentViewer.asp?breadCrumb=2" target="_blank" title="There are mechanisms to hold judges accountable">Why Judicial Independence Matters</a>, <a href="http://www.brennancenter.org/resources/resources_jiqanda.html" target="_blank" title="The current system provides for removal of judges without eliminating independence">Questions and Answers about Judicial Independence</a>
  • Related NPR Stories: <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6288938" target="_blank" title="The proposal has alarmed not only judges, but also large swathes of South Dakota society.">South Dakota to Vote on Ending Judicial Protections</a>
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November 2006 – We Have Some Serious Choices to Make! 

Posted on September 29, 2006 by Andy Hailey

We must chose … Between being feared as a warmonger nation and condemned around the world or regaining the respect of at least our allies. Between fighting the terrorist threat endlessly or winning it through an international law enforcement program … Continue reading →

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War(?) On Terror – No, Only An Excuse to Break the Law and Lower Our High Standards

Posted on September 16, 2006 by Andy Hailey

Many insist on calling our efforts to fight a relatively small group of individuals a war. I think this national endeavor is giving the terrorists far too much credit and we are only empowering them to have more control over … Continue reading →

  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.preview.rollingstone.com/news/story/11598509/national_affairs_president_bushs_phony_war_on_terror" target="_blank" title="President Bush not only created a fake War on Terror to scare voters into supporting his policies -- he is failing to address the real threat facing America">The Phony War</a>, <a href="http://download13.rbn.com/rstone/rstone/download/photo/na1.pdf" target="_blank" title="Threat vs Reallity">A History of False Alarms - Part 1</a>, <a href="http://download10.rbn.com/rstone/rstone/download/photo/na2.pdf" target="_blank" title="Threat vs Reallity">A History of False Alarms - Part 2</a>
  • Related WAWG Article:: <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=92" target="_blank" title="Can There Really Be Fascist People In A Democracy?">Authoritatian Personality Traits</a>
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