@prjibaromarx @PrissyEight @ChristoMaoist @realPhoenixFire I shouldn’t have to do this for you man, authoritarianism is a concrete thing on different scales, you should know if you’ve done the reading that the CCCP under Stalin esp was extremely authoritar
@canadianaco @LemmyRingtail @zei_squirrel Some branches maybe, but I assure you not all Marxists are Marxist-Lenninists. And if you have a problem with authoritarianism, perhaps you should point the finger at conservatives who overwhelming tend towards au
@edhaskl @Reuters Meloen J.D. (1993) The F Scale as a Predictor of Fascism: An Overview of 40 Years of Authoritarianism Research. In: Stone W.F., Lederer G., Christie R. (eds) Strength and Weakness. Springer, New York, NY. https://t.co/Ht9MttEISH
@i_proletarya @lezzyharpy as far as I know the term "authoritarian" itself comes from Adorno, Frenkel-Brunswik, Levinson & Sanford's The Authoritarian Personality (1950). e.g. https://t.co/VKzPDqFGIf and here's a direct application of that term to the