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Oeditpus Rex

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9. Right-wingers do

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sat Aug 23, 2025, 11:59 PM

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Indeed, they need it. It's a significant part of what makes them right-wingers.

They need a sort of authoritarian hierarchy: at the top, a leader who controls what they do and think because they think it absolves them of blame and responsibility. Then they need to be (and almost always are) tyrannical in their families.

They don't want to work for an authoritarian, but neither do they want to be in charge, because responsibility comes with that role.

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Americans Do Not Want Authoritarianism. [View all] Uncle Joe Saturday OP

Well they sure as shit vote for it over and over again. RockRaven Saturday #1

That's because they voted or didn't vote out of anger, not hope making them more susceptible to a charlatan Uncle Joe Saturday #3

That ball is already rolling lame54 Saturday #2

That makes change easier because the energy is there, all it needs is redirecting. Uncle Joe Saturday #4

BS. Millions of people voted for precisely that. niyad Saturday #5

Not the total majority of Americans, and not even the majority of the ones that voted. Uncle Joe Saturday #6

Odd, I did NOT give a percentage or put a name to it. I simply said niyad Sunday #10

I didn't state that you did, I just clarified the point of the OP for everyone, Uncle Joe Sunday #12

Then it should have been addressed to your OP, not to me. niyad Sunday #13

The crazy minority was enough to take over Germany in the 1930s Mysterian Sunday #15

That's correct, we can't take our democracy such as it is for granted, we need to strengthen it. Uncle Joe Sunday #16

Yep. Sure did. LisaL Saturday #7

They have a funny way of showing it. BlueTsunami2018 Saturday #8

Right-wingers do Oeditpus Rex Saturday #9

Authoritarianism is being forced on us because one guy appointed himself king of the world. Initech Sunday #11

For anyone who is confused about the matter when political leaders state that "Americans" or the "American People" Uncle Joe Sunday #14

"The American People" Kid Berwyn Sunday #17

"The American People" has been the national identity phrase at least since the days of President Madison. Uncle Joe Sunday #18

The Mirror Kid Berwyn Sunday #19