"But faced with a bully of their own creation, Republicans have chosen to assiduously and consistently fold in on themselves like sad, soggy, deflating balloons. The party has had numerous opportunities to stand up to Trump and chart a new path — most notably perhaps during the impeachment vote after his coup attempt. But they’ve refused at every turn, choosing instead to kowtow, shiver, and crawl."

#Trump #Republicans #authoritarian #dominance
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"The debate is not a contest, but a dominance ritual; the Republican Party’s new leader is the old leader, who feeds with much bellowing on his rivals’ vestigial spines. …

The GOP is in a pitiful state. But it’s a pitiful state it has chosen. Republicans have boasted for decades about how tough they are while they sneer at the left and the Democrats for being soft and weak."

#Trump #Republicans #authoritarian #dominance
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"Donald Trump has staged a hostile, successful, embarrassingly thorough takeover of the party’s resources, heart, and soul. Rather than celebrating democratic processes, the debate is a tacit (and not so tacit) acquiescence to the authoritarian dominance rituals of the party’s singular overlord, who squats upon the face of the GOP like a giant blood-sucking orange xenomorph."

~ Noah Berlatsky

#Trump #Republicans #authoritarian #dominance
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https://www.publicnotice.co/p/fox-news-gop-debate-trump-2024

"Saddled with indictments, Netanyahu is consumed with self-preservation at any cost. …

Netanyahu's coalition is composed of ultranationalist and ultra-religious forces who desire a Jewish ethnostate and annexation of the West Bank, which the Supreme Court has obstructed in the past."

~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat

So what they're seeking to do is undermine the justice system as a check on Netanyahu.

#Natanyahu #strongman #authoritarian #corruption #Israel

https://lucid.substack.com/p/israel-at-a-crossroads-where-will

"'What Trump is doing is, he's asking for personal loyalty to him to outweigh the rule of law,' said Jason Stanley, professor of philosophy at Yale University and author of How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them. 'We see this in any authoritarian takeover of a system. We see the authoritarian say, 'Devotion to me is more important than the rule of law.' "

#Trump #authoritarian #StrongMan #BigLie
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"'The use of lies [by strongmen types] takes place in a larger effort to turn the public against alternate sources of authority,' [Ruth Ben-Ghiat] said. Those sources might include independent courts, legislative bodies and law enforcement agencies. Or — it may be the fourth estate."

~ Odette Yousef

#Trump #authoritarian #StrongMan #BigLie
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https://www.opb.org/article/2023/08/07/new-charges-against-trump-focus-on-lies-scholars-see-an-authoritarian-playbook/

#EMPATHY
What do you think? In this two party system, is one party largely more empathic than the other?

Please vote and in the comments, if you vote for one party or another, please share your understanding of how this happens.

My thought is #authoritarian #parenting (extreme religiosity?) contributes to a less empathic person. I’d love to know your thoughts. 💙

Has trump verbalized his apparent desire to be an #authoritarian leader of the United States to anyone? If so, to whom do you think?

His followers see him as a victim (Propaganda is profitable). But, he’s the perp.

#RupertMurdoch & his #Fox station that pretend to be news, are largely responsible.

So are the #GOP #rightwing #evangelical #brainwashed cult & websites that profit off deception.

#TuckerCarlson #breitbart #bannon #rogerstone #michaelFlynn #oan

#Trump
#criticalthinking

The Problem of Pathocracy - The Psychologist 👇is an official publication of the British Psychological Society https://www.bps.org.uk/volume-34/november-2021/problem-pathocracy #pathocracy #Authoritarian #authoritarism

@David_Moscrop
Those who care about #Canada who don't want authoritarian rule in #Alberta or in any other province need to read this. ⬆️

#UCP #ABpoli #DanielleSmith #ChristoFascism #Sovereignty #ChristianRight #Dominionism
#ABleg #Authoritarian #Fascism