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Authoritarians Weapons – Hierarchy Hierarchy establishes the organizational framework that positions some humans as inherently more valuable than others, creating the ideological justification for unequal distribution of resources, opportunities, and…
Authoritarians Weapons – Racism Authoritarians have many pillars of support for their reign of terror. This post concerns the use of racism. When a nasty dictatorship takes over, history shows…
Authoritarians Weapons – Religion Warning: this post will have a good deal of negative sentiment about religion. In it we will post about how authoritarians leaders use religion as a…
How Authoritarians Weaponize Faith and Uncertainty How Authoritarians Turn Belief Into Identity and Identity Into Obedience GIGI MAC FEB 17, 2026 This post is from GIGI MAC, It concerns the…
Not Your Friend This post concerns people who we have to deal with that are not nice. Your co-workers are not your friend, HR is not your friend and THE…
The Dark Triad and Dark Tetrad personality traits What is the dark triad? The dark triad refers to a group of three personality traits: Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy. Though these…
Your money has lost 9% to 10 % since January 2025 Bad news for your personal finances. Since January 21, 2025 you have lost 9% to 10% of your money…
Website Updates It is 2026, January 31, today I decided to do some cleaning. I am deleting old posts, making some posts private and changing the direction of the website…
Why protests fail against fascists This post adds to chapter 4. It expands on why fascist and authoritarian regimes do not depend on public approval the way liberal democracies do.…
Chapter 4 – Fighting Authoritarian Leaders Let’s start with the uncomfortable truth. Marching feels good, chanting feels righteous, holding a sign feels like power in a world that keeps stealing…