Putin’s Dark Triad Score Card
Putin’s Dark Triad Score Card This post concerns the worst authoritarian ruler on the planet. He has a very large military complex, nuclear weapons and lots of resources. Known to…
Authoritarians Weapons – Hierarchy
Authoritarians Weapons – Hierarchy Hierarchy establishes the organizational framework that positions some humans as inherently more valuable than others, creating the ideological justification for unequal distribution of resources, opportunities, and…
Authoritarians Weapons – Racism
Authoritarians Weapons – Racism Authoritarians have many pillars of support for their reign of terror. This post concerns the use of racism. When a nasty dictatorship takes over, history shows…
Authoritarians Weapons – Religion
Authoritarians Weapons – Religion Warning: this post will have a good deal of negative sentiment about religion. In it we will post about how authoritarians leaders use religion as a…
The Dark Triad and Dark Tetrad personality traits
The Dark Triad and Dark Tetrad personality traits What is the dark triad? The dark triad refers to a group of three personality traits: Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy. Though these…
Website Updates
Website Updates It is 2026, January 31, today I decided to do some cleaning. I am deleting old posts, making some posts private and changing the direction of the website…
Why protests fail against fascists
Why protests fail against fascists This post adds to chapter 4. It expands on why fascist and authoritarian regimes do not depend on public approval the way liberal democracies do.…
Chapter 4 – Fighting Authoritarian Leaders
Chapter 4 – Fighting Authoritarian Leaders Let’s start with the uncomfortable truth. Marching feels good, chanting feels righteous, holding a sign feels like power in a world that keeps stealing…
About Revenge and Behavior
About Revenge and Behavior Your brain on revenge looks a lot like your brain on drugs. This blog post concerns revenge. It will help you understand the authoritarian mindset also…
Chapter Three – How to fight them
Chapter Three – The Authoritarian Playbook – how to fight them This is the more difficult chapters to write. Once an authoritarian leader gets in power, they find and line…