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starshine00

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10. totally agree, the groundwork has been laid

Reply to hedda_foil (Reply #9)

Fri Feb 17, 2017, 12:58 PM

Feb 2017

and it is paying off, it reminds me of several books I've read that talked about how you can still find people in Russia with framed pictures of Stalin on their walls like he's God or something.

He's definitely a wanna be who is willing to posture this way to make money. For him it is ultimately about business.

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I just found "The Authoritarian Personality" online [View all] starshine00 Feb 2017 OP

Doesn't apply... 45 is the least Anti-semetic President ever... just said so yesterday... mikelewis Feb 2017 #1

lol starshine00 Feb 2017 #2

Then Trump would be "only a little" anti-Semitic? Zambero Feb 2017 #3

the book deals with the ethnocentrism of authoritarians starshine00 Feb 2017 #4

IIRC, there are two sides to the authoritarian archetype... Wounded Bear Feb 2017 #6

Read Alice Miller starshine00 Feb 2017 #7

Professor Robert Altemeyer's full book "The Authoritarians" is online (pdf) too. Here's a link. hedda_foil Feb 2017 #5

thanks for the link starshine00 Feb 2017 #8

I think he's an authoritarian leader wanna be. hedda_foil Feb 2017 #9

totally agree, the groundwork has been laid starshine00 Feb 2017 #10