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>Have sociologists studied this phenomenon?

There's research into authoritarianism (think Germans in WWII) and RWA personality type (Right Wing Authoritarian). Most of it is not very "accessible" to the average person.

From what I understand, RWA are just born this way, i.e. some people are naturally critical thinkers, others will say "how high" if a man in an uniform says "jump". Sad.

This is one of the few decent "explainers" that Vox did:

https://www.vox.com/2016/3/1/11127424/trump-authoritarianism



That was an excellent read. Thank you!




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