nifty@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 3 days agoTwo peas in an authoritarian podlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1106arrow-down1external-linkTwo peas in an authoritarian podlemmy.worldnifty@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square80fedilinkfile-text
Study here: https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/09/esc_left_wing_authoritarians_psychology/campus.html
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 days agoThis begs the question: What is the left/right divide? If anti-authoritarianism is a core component of leftism, then “authoritarian leftists” are not actually leftist.
minus-squarenifty@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·2 days agoAuthoritarians leftists only use the “left” and “progressive” moniker to make themselves appealing, they’re the same kind of greedy and selfish people who’d kill you for their own group or goals.
This begs the question: What is the left/right divide?
If anti-authoritarianism is a core component of leftism, then “authoritarian leftists” are not actually leftist.
Authoritarians leftists only use the “left” and “progressive” moniker to make themselves appealing, they’re the same kind of greedy and selfish people who’d kill you for their own group or goals.