Written in email to a friend July 2022, posted here October 2022.
I'm still on my quest to discover what it is that is at the root of this world-wide trend towards authoritarianism. The failed nation of the USA may be leading the way in some regards, but not in all—Turkey, Hungary and Brazil, for example, seem to be out in front of even us, and Modi's India is keeping up.
What
I'm looking for is a simple, layman's explanation of the psychological
force or condition that is/are driving this insanity. My best theory so
far, though it's incomplete, is that it is the combination of great fear
and uncertainty about the future combined with great insecurity by
majority-class men. Republican (or whatever) power is in the hands of
insecure, frightened little boys who want Daddy to come and save them,
to tell them what to do, to vanquish the enemies they imagine all around
them.
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