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|Name            = [[File:Authoritarianism-icon.png]] Authoritarianism [[File:Authoritarianism-icon.png]]
|Name            = [[File:Authoritarianism-icon.png]] Authoritarianism [[File:Authoritarianism-icon.png]]
|NativeName = {{ILSize|Latin-icon.png|Latin Language}}: Authoritarian Cogitatio
|NativeName = {{ILSize|Latin-icon.png|Latin Language}}: Authoritarian Cogitatio
|YearExist           = c. 2334 BC-Present
|YearExist       = c. 2334 BC-Present
|image          = [[File:Authoritarianism.png|300px|center]]
|image          = Authoritarianism.png
|Caption        = Obedience or guilty!
|Caption        = Obedience or guilty!
|Alias          = <div style="overflow:auto; height:auto; max-height:100px; background:transparent;"> Auth<br>Authority<br>Order and Security<br>Authoritarianism without adjectives<br>Freedom Hater<br>{{Alias|AntiAuth-icon.png|Anti-Authoritarianism|Bootlicker}}<br>{{Alias|IllibDem-icon.png|
|Alias          = <div style="overflow:auto; height:auto; max-height:100px; background:transparent;"> Auth<br>Authority<br>Order and Security<br>Authoritarianism without adjectives<br>Freedom Hater<br>{{Alias|AntiAuth-icon.png|Anti-Authoritarianism|Bootlicker}}<br>{{Alias|IllibDem-icon.png|
Illiberal Democracy|Nonsense buzzword}}
Illiberal Democracy|Nonsense buzzword}}
|Place of Origin = [[File:Earth-icon.png]] [[Earth|Worldwide]]
|Place of Origin = [[File:Earth-icon.png]] [[Earth|Worldwide]]
|Influenced By  = [[File:Tribalism-icon.png]] [[Tribalism]]<br>[[File:Centralism-icon.png]] [[Centralism]]<br>[[File:AntiFreeSpeech-icon.png]] [[Anti-Free Speech]]
|Influenced By  = [[File:Tribalism-icon.png]] [[Tribalism]]<br>[[File:Centralism-icon.png]] [[Centralism]] (most)<br>[[File:AntiFreeSpeech-icon.png]] [[Anti-Free Speech]]
|Influenced      = <div style="overflow:auto; height:auto; max-height:100px; background:transparent;">[[File:AbMon-icon.png]] [[Absolute Monarchism]]<br>[[File:Autocracy1-icon.png]] [[Autocracy]]<br>[[File:AuthCap-icon.png]] [[Authoritarian Capitalism]]<br>[[File:AuthCon-icon.png]] [[Authoritarian Conservatism]]<br>[[File:AuthNat-icon.png]] [[Authoritarian Nationalism]]<br>[[File:AuthProg-icon.png]] [[Authoritarian Progressivism]]<br>[[File:IllibDem-icon.png]] [[Illiberal Democracy]]<br>[[File:PolState-icon.png]] [[Police Statism]]<br>[[File:StateSoc-icon.png]] [[State Socialism]]<br>[[File:Totalitarianism-icon.png]] [[Totalitarianism]]
|Influenced      = <div style="overflow:auto; height:auto; max-height:100px; background:transparent;">[[File:AbMon-icon.png]] [[Absolute Monarchism]]<br>[[File:Autocracy-icon.png]] [[Autocracy]]<br>[[File:AuthCap-icon.png]] [[Authoritarian Capitalism]]<br>[[File:AuthCon-icon.png]] [[Authoritarian Conservatism]]<br>[[File:AuthNat-icon.png]] [[Authoritarian Nationalism]]<br>[[File:AuthPac-icon.png]] [[Authoritarian Pacifism]]<br>[[File:AuthProg-icon.png]] [[Authoritarian Progressivism]]<br>[[File:IllibDem-icon.png]] [[Illiberal Democracy]]<br>[[File:PolState-icon.png]] [[Police Statism]]<br>[[File:StateSoc-icon.png]] [[State Socialism]]<br>[[File:Totalitarianism-icon.png]] [[Totalitarianism]]
|Variations =
|Variations =
*<b>Sub-Ideologies:</b> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
*<b>Sub-Ideologies:</b> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
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*[[File:EU-icon.png]] '''Western Europe''' <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
*[[File:EU-icon.png]] '''Western Europe''' <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
**[[File:Roman Imperialism-icon.png]] [[Caesarism|Julius Caesar]] (100 BC-44 BC)
**[[File:Roman Imperialism-icon.png]] [[Caesarism|Julius Caesar]] (100 BC-44 BC)
**[[File:Augustus-icon.png]] [[Augustus Caesarism|Augustus]] (63 BC-14)
**[[File:Caligula-icon.png]] [[Caligula Caesarism|Caligula]] (12-41)
**[[File:Caligula-icon.png]] [[Caligula Caesarism|Caligula]] (12-41)
**[[File:Nero-icon.png]] [[Neronism|Nero]] (37-68)
**[[File:Nero-icon.png]] [[Neronism|Nero]] (37-68)
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</div>
</div>
*[[File:Arab-icon.png]] '''Middle East''' <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
*[[File:Arab-icon.png]] '''Middle East''' <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
**[[File:Hammurabi-icon.png]] [[Hammurabi's Code|Hammurabi]] (c. 1810 BC-1750 BC)
**[[File:Islam-icon2.png]] [[Islam|Mehmed II]] (1432-1481)
**[[File:Islam-icon2.png]] [[Islam|Mehmed II]] (1432-1481)
**[[File:Ataturkism-icon.png]] [[Atatürkism|Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]] (c. 1881-1938)
**[[File:Ataturkism-icon.png]] [[Atatürkism|Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]] (c. 1881-1938)
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**[[File:Totalitarianism-icon.png]] [[Totalitarianism|Jung Bahadur Rana]] (1817-1877)
**[[File:Totalitarianism-icon.png]] [[Totalitarianism|Jung Bahadur Rana]] (1817-1877)
**[[File:Yuan Shikai-icon.png]] [[Yuan Shikai Thought|Yuan Shikai]] (1859-1916)
**[[File:Yuan Shikai-icon.png]] [[Yuan Shikai Thought|Yuan Shikai]] (1859-1916)
**[[File:SyngmanRhee-icon.png]] [[Classical Ilminism|Syngman Rhee]] (1875-1965)
**[[File:SyngmanRhee-icon.png]] [[Syngman Rhee Thought|Syngman Rhee]] (1875-1965)
**[[File:Wang Jingwei-icon.png]] [[Wang Jingwei Thought|Wang Jingwei]] (1883-1944)
**[[File:Wang Jingwei-icon.png]] [[Wang Jingwei Thought|Wang Jingwei]] (1883-1944)
**[[File:Kak-icon.png]] [[Kakistocracy|Chen Yi]] (1883-1950)
**[[File:Kak-icon.png]] [[Kakistocracy|Chen Yi]] (1883-1950)
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**[[File:JiangZemin-icon.png]] [[Three Represents|Jiang Zemin]] (1926-2022)
**[[File:JiangZemin-icon.png]] [[Three Represents|Jiang Zemin]] (1926-2022)
**[[File:Kim Jong Il-icon.png]] [[Shogun Politics|Kim Jong-Il]] (1941-2011)
**[[File:Kim Jong Il-icon.png]] [[Shogun Politics|Kim Jong-Il]] (1941-2011)
**[[File:Xi-icon.png]] [[Xi Jinping Thought|Xi Jinping]] (1953-)
**[[File:Xi-icon.png]] [[Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era|Xi Jinping]] (1953-)
**[[File:AfghanTaliban-icon.png]] [[Taliban|Mullah Omar]] (1960-2013)
**[[File:AfghanTaliban-icon.png]] [[Taliban|Mullah Omar]] (1960-2013)
**[[File:Kim Jong Un-icon.png]] [[Modern Juche|Kim Jong-Un]] (1982/3/4-)
**[[File:Kim Jong Un-icon.png]] [[Modern Juche|Kim Jong-Un]] (1982/3/4-)
</div>
</div>
*[[File:Africa-icon.png]] '''Africa''' <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
*[[File:Africa-icon.png]] '''Africa''' <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
**[[File:Plutocracy-icon.png]] [[Plutocracy|Mansa Musa]] (fl.c.1312-1337)
**[[File:Mansa Musaism-icon.png]] [[Mansa Musaism|Mansa Musa]] (fl.c.1312-1337)
**[[File:AuthCap-icon.png]] [[Authoritarian Capitalism|Léon Kengo wa Dondo]] (1935-)
**[[File:AuthCap-icon.png]] [[Authoritarian Capitalism|Léon Kengo wa Dondo]] (1935-)
</div>
</div>
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**[[File:Reddit Polandball-icon.png]] [[Polandball Subreddit]] (2011-)
**[[File:Reddit Polandball-icon.png]] [[Polandball Subreddit]] (2011-)
**[[File:Russia-icon.png]] [[Russia|Russia under Putin]] (1999/2000-)
**[[File:Russia-icon.png]] [[Russia|Russia under Putin]] (1999/2000-)
**[[File:Molossia-icon.png]] [[Molossia]] (1998-)
**[[File:Belarus-icon.png]] [[Belarus|Belarus under Lukashenko]] (1994-)
**[[File:Belarus-icon.png]] [[Belarus|Belarus under Lukashenko]] (1994-)
**[[File:Brick-icon.png]] [[Kazakhstan]] (1991-)
**[[File:Brick-icon.png]] [[Kazakhstan]] (1991-)
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**[[File:North Korea-icon.png]] [[North Korea]] (1948-)
**[[File:North Korea-icon.png]] [[North Korea]] (1948-)
*[[File:Tradition-icon.png]] <b>Historical:</b> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
*[[File:Tradition-icon.png]] <b>Historical:</b> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
**[[File:JapEmpSane-icon.png]] [[Empire of Japan]] (1868–1947)
**[[File:KoItaly-icon2.png]] [[Fascist Italy]] (1922-1943)
**[[File:USSR-icon.png]] [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|Soviet Union]] (1922-1991)
**[[File:Nazi-icon.png]] [[German Third Reich|Nazi Germany]] (1933-1945)
**[[File:Portugal-icon.png]] [[Estado Novo (Portugal)|Estado Novo]] (1933-1974)
**[[File:Portugal-icon.png]] [[Estado Novo (Portugal)|Estado Novo]] (1933-1974)
**[[File:Nazi-icon.png]] [[German Third Reich|Nazi Germany]] (1933-1945)
**[[File:Chile-icon.png]][[File:Pinochet-icon.png]] [[Military Dictatorship of Chile]] (1973-1990)
**[[File:USSR-icon.png]] [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|Soviet Union]] (1922-1991)
**[[File:KoItaly-icon2.png]] [[Fascist Italy]] (1922-1943)
*[[File:Ismism-icon.png]] <b>Fictional:</b> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
*[[File:Ismism-icon.png]] <b>Fictional:</b> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
**[[File:Ingsoc-icon.png]] [[Ingsoc|Oceania]] (19??-, <i>1984</i>)
**[[File:Ingsoc-icon.png]] [[Ingsoc|Oceania]] (19??-, <i>1984</i>)
**[[File:USA-icon2.png]] [[Oligarchy|Pre-War United States of America]] (1969-2077, <i>Fallout</i>)
**[[File:PRC-icon.png]] [[Maoism|Pre-War People's Republic of China]] (1949-2077, <i>Fallout</i>)
**[[File:PRC-icon.png]] [[Maoism|Pre-War People's Republic of China]] (1949-2077, <i>Fallout</i>)
**[[File:USA-icon2.png]] [[Oligarchy|Pre-War United States of America]] (1969-2077, <i>Fallout</i>)
|Friends        =
|Friends        =
|Enemies        =
|Enemies        =
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*[[File:AuthCon-icon.png]] [[Authoritarian Conservatism]] - [[File:Conservatism-icon.png]] [[Conservatism]] but based.
*[[File:AuthCon-icon.png]] [[Authoritarian Conservatism]] - [[File:Conservatism-icon.png]] [[Conservatism]] but based.
*[[File:AuthProg-icon.png]] [[Authoritarian Progressivism]] - [[File:Prog-icon.png]] [[Progressivism]] but based.
*[[File:AuthProg-icon.png]] [[Authoritarian Progressivism]] - [[File:Prog-icon.png]] [[Progressivism]] but based.
*[[File:Deng-icon.png]] [[Dengism]] - The social credit system would’ve been very good. Shame you didn’t implement it.
*[[File:Deng-icon.png]] [[Dengism]] - Mass surveillance? Hell yeah! The social credit system would’ve been very good. Shame you didn’t implement it.
*[[File:PolState-icon.png]] [[Police Statism]] - Respecting the authority.
*[[File:PolState-icon.png]] [[Police Statism]] - Respecting the authority.
*[[File:Krit-icon.png]] [[Kritarchy]] - Maintaining law and order.
*[[File:Krit-icon.png]] [[Kritarchy]] - Maintaining law and order.

Latest revision as of 02:54, 21 November 2024

“ A nation based on freedom is just another place to go shopping.
— Richard B. Spencer

Authoritarianism is a system of government where centralized power trumps all else. This power requires absolute obedience from citizens and restricts their political and civil liberties. Political scientists have created various classifications to categorize authoritarian states, qualities commonly associated with authoritarian regimes include the absence of free and competitive democratic elections and one-party state, as well as censorship, and minimal power restrictions. Though sometimes authoritarianism can reside in  democratic countries with free and fair elections where there's a clampdown on liberties instead as well as more emphasis on authority.

Authoritarianism is characterized by highly concentrated and centralized government power maintained by political repression and the exclusion of potential or supposed challengers by armed force. He uses political parties and mass organizations to mobilize people around the goals of the regime.

Auth is very demanding and angry, don’t mention this to him or he’ll become very angry. He also hates it when people call him totalitarian.

History

The shift from tribal societies to complex cities often led to the rise of authoritarian rule. Powerful figures, like monarchs, emerged from dynasties, consolidating control. In Greece, democracy, initially seen as a challenger to authoritarian rule, eventually succumbed to authoritarian tendencies. This cycle continued for centuries. But the Enlightenment brought a revolutionary shift. Philosophers questioned traditional authority, sparking rebellions. Though, however, even these newly formed, thought to be good governments often slipped back into authoritarianism , continuing the cycle and highlighting the difficulty of maintaining a free and just society.

Beliefs

Authoritarian State

While authoritarian rule has existed for millennia (e.g., Roman Empire), the idea of an "authoritarian state" became more concrete with figures like Louis XIV and Thomas Hobbes. Louis XIV embodied absolute monarchy and rejected Feudalism, ruling with complete authority and justifying it through religion. These regimes tend to persecute opponents and manipulate elections to stay in power.

Censorship

One of, if not the main characteristic of authoritarianism is censorship against the opinion and manifestation of opponents or divergent cultural values. There are several types of censorships, including opposition censorship, cultural value censorship, ethnocentric censorship, economic induced censorship, isolationist censorship and censorship against science.

Detention and Violence

One of the hallmarks of authoritarianism is the arrest (or imprisonment) and torture of political opponents, especially if they are extremely popular, but also arrest small opponents such as demonstrators. They usually use this as an example so that it cannot be repeated, even if it is sometimes expensive, so they end up using other strategies. Notable examples of this includes the People's Republic of China.

Propaganda

Authoritarian governmentswield propaganda as a weapon to manipulate public opinion. This advertising blitz relentlessly promotes a state-sanctioned ideal, be it ideology, religion, or culture. Traditional methods like posters and school indoctrination are employed alongside cultural manipulation through songs and essays. Opponents are very, very often demonized, often with loaded extreme labels like “ communist” or “ Nazi”. Censorship stifles any dissenting views, while satire is used to mock and discredit opposition, often silencing satirists in the process.

This propaganda machine frequently manufactures a cult of personality around the leader or the state itself, portraying them as infallible or godlike figures. This fosters blind obedience and facilitates control, but sows the seeds of future instability.

Propaganda also serves as a smokescreen, concealing the nation's problems and failures. It paints a rosy picture, assuring citizens that the government is competent and the country thriving. This manipulation extends to wartime, where propaganda can obscure defeats.

Stay in Power

As previously discussed, the strategies mentioned above are often employed to keep a dictatorship in power, though these methods can fail in numerous ways. Many dictatorships have historically relied on ideals and religions to justify their rule. Initially, pagan and Asian religions were used, but later, Christianity became the most commonly exploited religion in the West, while Islam, Paganism, and various Asian religions were utilized in other regions.

Following the Industrial Revolution and World War I, religion was less frequently used to justify dictatorships, with some exceptions. Instead, ideologies like revolutionary, republican, anti-communist, and others became the primary tools for legitimizing authoritarian regimes.

In modern times, dictatorships often use a mix of ideologies, religion, and rhetoric to justify their existence and maintain control. Phrases like "in defense of freedom" or "in defense of anti-American liberation" are sometimes employed, despite their contradictions. After the Iraq War, Islam was invoked to justify the rule of certain dictatorships (such as Iran) and by terrorist organizations. Additionally, extreme nationalism have also been exploited, as seen in countries like China and North Korea.

Relations

Law and Order

Suspicious

  • Ingsoc - Grandson, that is way too far.
  • Enlightenment Thought - Could have ended me, but ended up falling victim to the cycle.
  • Tribalism - The future is now, old man.
  • Democracy - Moron. We don't need ya dirty "liberty"... but you do elect authoritarian leaders sometimes which is nice.
  • Satirism - I like it better when you are used by me than when you are used by my opponents.
  • Neoconservatism - Claims to hate me but ironically installs dictatorships.

Freedumbs

How to Draw

Flag with Authoritarian symbolism, based on the “Security” icon of 8values.
  1. Draw a ball.
  2. Fill it with a slightly faded navy blue.
  3. Draw a large black gavel in the middle of the ball.
  4. Draw eyes and you are is done finish!
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Blue #3F51B5
Black #141414
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