Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Opinion | The truth about many in the GOP base: They prefer authoritarianism to democracy - The Washington Post
"The evangelical worldview in America has historically been built on a set of hierarchies that have been defended as divinely ordained — Christian over non-Christian, Protestant over Catholic, white over non-white, men over women. In its strongest forms, this worldview is fundamentally anti-democratic and theocratic." In what sounds like a perfect alignment with political authoritarianism, "It demands deference particularly to white male charismatic leaders (even when they themselves violate communal norms) and builds identity through a politics of aggression to a shifting array of perceived out groups," Jones observes...
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