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Two peas in an authoritarian pod (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by nifty to c/politicalmemes

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Study here: https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/09/esc_left_wing_authoritarians_psychology/campus.html

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

This begs the question: What is the left/right divide?

If anti-authoritarianism is a core component of leftism, then "authoritarian leftists" are not actually leftist.

[–] nifty -1 points 23 hours ago

Authoritarians leftists only use the “left” and “progressive” moniker to make themselves appealing, they’re the same kind of greedy and selfish people who’d kill you for their own group or goals.