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Reasons How Authoritarians Control People
- Most people blindly follow a figure of authority due to an inbuilt culture of obedience, where positional power eclipses any sound judgement.
- Authoritarians ensure most of the information never reaches people, by discrediting or cutting off the information sources.
- They use incremental action by gradually increasing the demands that are made on others.
- They ensure that people don’t have any personal responsibility for their actions. Example: Managers hiding behind company policy to justify unfairness at the workplace.
- They use the power of fear by discrediting facts, scapegoating, polarization, and divide and rule tactics.
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