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.

 

Updates on America’s GOP Authoritarianism – Trump Leading The Way, GOP Split, GOP Dictator

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Andy Hailey

Here are links to three articles on American Authoritarianism and selected quotes from each: The Rise of American Authoritarianism Trump embodies the classic authoritarian. Donald Trump could be just the first of many Trumps in American politics The political phenomenon … Continue reading →

  • Related WAWG Article: <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/can-there-really-be-fascist-people-in-a-democracy-john-dean-exposes-the-authoritarians-that-are-leading-us-that-way/" target="_blank">Can There Really Be Fascist People In A Democracy?</a>
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Our Choices In November: (Neoliberal Austerity or Neofascist Racism) and Bad to Worse Levels of International War(s)

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Andy Hailey

Here are two interviews comparing Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. One with Dr. Henry Giroux and the other with Dr. Cornel West: This Is Hell! | On violence, neoliberalism and the hallucinatory anti-politics of the Trump era If we can’t … Continue reading →

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To What Degree Will November Election Complete Corporate Coup of America?

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Andy Hailey

Now that the party primaries are over, it appears that the profit centric MSM has guided the voters quite convincingly. We ended up with the candidates which both media’s profit masters most approve of and which voters have the lowest … Continue reading →

  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/14297-henry-wallace-americas-forgotten-visionary" target="_blank" title="Wallace opposed the cold war, the arms race with the Soviet Union and racial segregation.">Henry Wallace, America's Forgotten Visionary</a>
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Dr. Bob Altemeyer on Donald Trump and Authoritarian Followers – Who Will Stop Them?

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Andy Hailey

Professor Altemeyer, was referenced extensively in John Dean’s Conservatives Without Conscience and in this blog. He has written a summary on authoritarians and related articles. If the New American Majority, discussed by Steve Phillips in Brown Is The New White, … Continue reading →

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Policy Priorities for Winning in November with the New American Majority (NAM)

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Andy Hailey

RE: Brown Is The New White by Steve Phillips (This is my kind of book. Filled with quantitative and qualitative details, and progressive policies for the mind, and, more importantly, backed up and supported by progressive values for the soul.) … Continue reading →

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Questions for Millennial Bernie Supporters on Behalf of Boomer Bernie Supporters

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Andy Hailey

How much of the following would you either agree with or can offer a more accurate/corrected summary? – Is incremental, slow, change no longer acceptable? – Is working from within the rigged system not worth the effort to re-rig it? … Continue reading →

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Small Group Accepts Mass Killings for the Sake of Maintaining Unlimited Freedom.

Posted on August 30, 2015 by Andy Hailey

“Conservatives without Conscience,” a minority in America defined by John Dean in his book by the same title, accept the collateral damage of their many wars, including innocent American children and many others taken by mass killings – mass killings … Continue reading →

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Ending American Authoritarianism – A Hybridization of Orwell and Huxley Dystopias, and Resisting It Through Radical Imagination

Posted on July 4, 2015 by Andy Hailey

Henry Giroux re-evaluates the works of Orwell and Huxley compares them to the new American Authoritarianism and proposes actions to reverse it. Both authors provide insight into the merging of the totalitarian elements that constitute a new and more hybridized … Continue reading →

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Supressing Hope Is Futile – Integrity, Moral Values, and Insurrectional Democracy

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Andy Hailey

Externalizing hope will defeat the casino capitalism of the authoritarian right. Here are three requirements for getting there: 1. Progressives who deny their core values, lose, and can’t inspire the underpaid, overworked, debt ridden, and generally oppressed to take action. … Continue reading →

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My Recent Tweets on #AmericaInFiveWords – Reliving the American Revolution of 1800

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Andy Hailey

– Corporations/Billionaires own our government – Obedient shoppers or Critical Thinkers? – Enslaved by paychecks and debt – Where freedom is an illusion – About ME or about WE? – For-profit media conditions consciousness – Democracy or Republic? No! Plutocracy!! … Continue reading →

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