Social Media Ideas for Authoritarianism (Theory And Philo...

Brain scans of authoritarians show reduced grey matter in regions for empathy and social reasoning

A study published in Neuroscience by researchers at Spain's University of Zaragoza scanned the brains of 100 young adults and found structural differences in those who hold authori...

The Power Paradox: Leadership without empathy

This famous adage, popularized by philosopher Joseph de Maistre, sparks deep debate. It emphasizes the collective responsibility of the governed. However, it often oversimplifies d...

The Power Paradox: Leadership without empathy

This famous adage, popularized by philosopher Joseph de Maistre, sparks deep debate. It emphasizes the collective responsibility of the governed. However, it often oversimplifies d...

Determinism, Order and Chaos

As science and philosophy explained the natural world in the Modern Era, the philosophical idea of strict determinism was embraced by thinkers like Thomas Hobbes. Strict determinis...

A Unified Theory of Donald Trump’s Presidency 

A new kind of censorship in the authoritarian age?

Ayala Panievsky‘s The New Censorship examines how populist and authoritarian leaders undermine press freedom and the public’s right to know what the government is doing on its beha...

The Role of the Neo-Authoritarian Bloc in Modern Conflicts

Gerard McDermottDownload PDFMay 25 2026JEGAS_RA/DepositphotosOne of the most significant changes to the global geopolitical order since the beginning of this decade has been thefor...

The Role of the Neo-Authoritarian Bloc in Modern Conflicts

Gerard McDermottDownload PDFMay 25 2026JEGAS_RA/DepositphotosOne of the most significant changes to the global geopolitical order since the beginning of this decade has been thefor...

The Role of the Neo-Authoritarian Bloc in Contemporary Conflicts

Gerard McDermottDownload PDFMay 25 2026JEGAS_RA/DepositphotosOne of the most significant changes to the global geopolitical order since the beginning of this decade has been thefor...

The Role of the Neo-Authoritarian Bloc in Contemporary Conflicts

Gerard McDermottDownload PDFMay 25 2026JEGAS_RA/DepositphotosOne of the most significant changes to the global geopolitical order since the beginning of this decade has been thefor...

Hannah Arendt on “Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship:” Better to Suffer Than Collaborate

Image by Bernd Schwabe, via Wikimedia Commons When Eichmann in Jerusalem—Hannah Arendt’s book about Nazi officer Adolf Eichmann’s trial—came out in 1963, it contributed one of the...

Dutertismo: A cult of authoritarian populism  

Ibiza—“Be careful with posting nonsense implicating [former President Rodrigo Duterte], otherwise, you, animal, might taste a hammer,” a Duterte supporter privately messaged me on...

Academic Authoritarianism in a New Attack on Humanities Scholars

Academic Authoritarianism in a New Attack on Humanities Scholars Sara Brady Tue, 06/09/2026 - 03:00 AM There is virtually no evidence offered in the report for its sweeping conc...

The Terrible Man Theory of History

The solution to Trumpism isn’t to conform to the spirit of the age, but to transform it.

The Politics and Ethics of Autocratic Elections

Why do many autocrats hold at least somewhat competitive elections? And how should democrats engage, if at all, in such elections? Assuming that the answer to the first question is...

Occupational Choice, Liberal Freedom, and Social Necessity

Occupational choice is for many an existential and deeply personal matter. An avowed goal of liberal societies has always been to permit citizens to make a choice about occupation...

Angry Anti-Trumpers Fueled The Rising Tide Of Mamdani Authoritarianism

This is where Democrats are. They're all-in on giant government. They've embraced state power like a jealous lover.

When Democracy and State Police Become “God’s Words”

We often hear two kinds of groupthink that are treated either as God’s word or as an evil term, never anything in between. Experience has shown that Nigerians have a habit of birth...

From oversight to coercion: How authoritarian governments are twisting AI safety to get tech companies to fall in line

From oversight to coercion: How authoritarian governments are twisting AI safety to get tech companies to fall in line By Michael Gregory, Clemson University   When researchers fou...

The UFC Cage Match Theory of Democracy

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Academic Freedom & State Schools

Academic freedom is usually taken as being more than merely the right to freely make specific claims in that it is supposed to provide broad protection in such matters asRead More

Becoming Hard: The Manosphere as Radicalization Conveyer Belt for the Neofascist Far Right

The rise of the “manosphere” online, bringing together “pickup artists” (PUAs), “incels” (involuntary celibates), “men going their own way” (MGTOWs), men’s rights activists (MRAs),...

рџ”® The Populist Radical Right as a Governing Logic

Across Europe, the populist radical right is shaping democratic politics, even in places where radical-right parties are not in power. The post рџ”® The Populist Radical Right as a...

Slavoj Žižek on liberalism’s hand in creating the new right

In Liberal Fascisms, Slavoj Žižek offers an unsettling diagnosis of the authoritarian turn. He argues that figures like Trump are not external to liberal democracy, but expressions...