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Unresolved daddy issues.
Not even joking. Left or right, if you spend more than five minutes talking to somebody on the authoritarian side of the political spectrum, their relationship with their dad WILL get mentioned. They're obsessed with dads.
TIL I’m authoritarian and obsessed with my dad.
Thanks to this comment, I’ll go to therapy, start doing mindfulness meditation, start going to church on Sundays, and become vegetarian.
Thanks for your contribution
Hmm I can't say I have the same experience, but perhaps I did not dig down deep enough during those conversations into their relationships with their parents.
It always seemed to me the difference between an authoritarian and a non-authoritarian socialist/communist was based on their view of other people: the authoritarians I spoke with usually regarded people as flawed and in need of guidance, whereas non-authoritarians seemed to believe people are inherently good but corrupted.
most people's primary problem with other people is that they are not themselves.
sounds like all of my bad first dates with the ladies. daddy issue girls can't wait to tell you about their dad.