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.

 

Edward Snowden Exposed Our Authoritarian – Dual – State

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Andy Hailey

The following are excerpts are from a recent article by Chris Hedges: Snowden, we are told, could have reformed from the inside. He could have gone to his superiors or Congress or the courts. But Snowden had numerous examples—including the … Continue reading →

  • Related Web Article: <a href="https://pressfreedomfoundation.org/blog/2014/01/edward-snowden-join-daniel-ellsberg-others-freedom-press-foundations-board-directors" title="Dedicated to helping support and defend public-interest journalism focused on exposing mismanagement, corruption, and law-breaking in government." target="_blank">Edward Snowden To Join Daniel Ellsberg, Others on Freedom of the Press Foundation’s Board of Directors</a>
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Success of 50 Years Of Fighting to End Poverty Minimized by 30 Years of Neoliberal Economics, But …

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Andy Hailey

… social change is happening and growing inequality is the great enabler. Relative to Bill Moyer’s 8 stages of successful social change and postings in Popular Resistance, we are in Stage 6, “Majority Public Support.” According to the review of … Continue reading →

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Who’s in Control and Who Helped Put Them There?

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Andy Hailey

John Dean referred to them as Conservatives Without Conscience in his 2007 book by that title. (There was no Tea Party in 2007.) Robert Altemeyer, a key contributor to Dean’s book, refers to them as right-wing authoritarians (RWA): Social/religious RWAs … Continue reading →

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America’s Two Party System – The Good, Bad, and The Really Ugly

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Andy Hailey

First of all, a short summary of The Lucifer Effect. It explains how events like Mi Lai, Abu Ghraib, and The Stanford Prison Experiment turned good people evil. Part of this explanation involves “bad barrels.” A bad barrel is an … Continue reading →

  • Related WAWG Article: <a href="http://wp.me/pegMB-1Zi" title="Progressive moral values must be part of protesting and rebuilding " target="_blank">Avoiding The Right-wing Authoritarian Future – The Moral Values Way</a>, <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?tag=bad-barrel" title="Making good people evil" target="_blank">More here on bad barrels</a>
  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.popularresistance.org/history-teaches-that-we-have-the-power-to-transform-the-nation-heres-how/" title="The ultimate power is with us, if we let go of fear and embrace it." target="_blank">History Teaches That We Have the Power to Transform the Nation, Here's How.</a>
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Shelby County v Holder Ruling – Keeping Texas Red

Posted on June 29, 2013 by Andy Hailey

Here’s another message I’ve sent to the Supreme Court: On behalf of the Texas Republican Party, thank you. With our contested voter ID law and formerly illegal district maps being implemented, the Battleground Texas effort will have an even more … Continue reading →

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Supporters of DOMA, Prop 8, and Texas Special Session SB 5 – How Their Authoritarian World View Can Predict Their Actions

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Andy Hailey

While driving home from lunch today and listening to the discussion on NPR’s ‘Talk of the Nation’, the strong unreasonable comments of a caller disturbed me. This caller was stating that overruling California’s Proposition 8 was not right. Prop 8 … Continue reading →

  • Related WAWG Article: <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=7629" target="_blank" title="Where does this anger/hatred and lack of action come from?">Teapublicans Are Punishing America for Electing a Black Man President</a>
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Media Gives Free Reign to Gut Feel While The Nation’s Needs Are Ignored

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Andy Hailey

Right-wing authoritarians (RWA) – those blocking progress in both houses of our Congress and conniving with ALEC to write oppressive state laws – are not only all about ‘me-my-mine,’ they are also ‘rugged individualists’ with no need for others who … Continue reading →

  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://occupydemocrats.com/heritage-foundation-letter-to-congress-gop-dont-legislate-just-distract-americans/" target="_blank" title="The letter, specifically addressed to House Speaker John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, glorifies the negative media hype surrounding the White House">Heritage Foundation Letter to GOP: Don’t Legislate, Just Distract Americans</a>
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Teapublicans Are Punishing America for Electing a Black Man President

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Andy Hailey

As we all know, our right-wing minority controlled Congress and many right-wing state leaders have opposed every effort of President Obama. The election of a gaggle of Tea Party members to Congress in 2010 reinforced this opposition and Mitch McConnell … Continue reading →

  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~altemey/drbob/Comment%20on%20the%20Tea%20Party.pdf" target="_blank" title="Tea Party exemplifies right-wing authoritarianism">Comment on the Tea Party Movement</a>, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/13/ann-coulter-gop-deserves-to-die_n_3435052.html" target="_blank" title="the only thing left for people like you and me to do, Sean, is to punish the people who destroyed America.">GOP 'Deserves To Die' If It Backs Immigration Reform</a>, <a href="http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/18587-racist-roots-of-gop-war-on-obama" title="A key point is to slash help to what the Right sees as "undeserving" Americans, especially people of color." target="_blank">Racist Roots of GOP War on Obama</a>
  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/politics/McDonnell-Fornicator-Paper-Makes-Race-Interesting-56318427.html" target="_blank" title="The Republican Party's Vision for the Family: The Compelling Issue of the Decade">McDonnell "Fornicator" Paper Makes Race Interesting</a>
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Moral Values of the Left and Right – History Shows Which Works for All Americans

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Andy Hailey

Throughout this blog, postings have provided details about the strict father and nurturant parent worldviews. Charts in some of those postings show how the dominance of one or the other of these two worldviews affects our economy. Not only did … Continue reading →

  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/38813/george_lakoff's_freedom_frame" title="The battle to define freedom is being fought by warriors with radically different world views." target="_blank">George Lakoff's Freedom Frame</a>
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The Danger of American Fascism – Then and Now

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Andy Hailey

Back in August 2006, I wrote a post called, “Can There Really Be Fascist People In A Democracy?” I think we are much closer to knowing our answer now and President Obama’s progressive inauguration speech provided a glimpse of the beginning of the end of this corporate threat to America. Continue reading →

  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.nationofchange.org/seven-brides-seven-corporations-1359473961" title="The extreme's of corporate governance." target="_blank">Seven Brides for Seven Corporations</a>
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