Srikumar Rao

Certainly businesses the world over are facing greater competitive pressure than ever before, and this leads to executive stress which, in turn, tends to bring out authoritarian tendencies in many bosses. To balance this, we now know a lot more about how we can successfully cope with a situation that is not likely to improve in the near future.

Indian Educator

Henry Giroux

Universities are some of the few places left where a struggle for the commons, for public life, if not democracy itself, can be made visible through the medium of collective voices and social movements energized by the need for a politics and way of life counter to authoritarian capitalism.

American Critic

Jeff Zucker

When an authoritarian regime starts taking down feeds and blocking websites just because we expose the truth... that's an attack on freedom of the press everywhere. When authoritarian regimes around the world start attacking journalists like that, we all have a problem.

American Businessman

Andrew Scheer

I believe in it so passionately because anywhere you look in the world, where governments become too big or become authoritarian, speech and expression is one of the first fundamental freedoms to go.

Canadian Politician

Joshua Wong

As I reflect on the successes and failures of our push for democracy, reading widely in search for a path out of authoritarian rule, I'll keep writing to encourage myself and those on my side.

Chinese Activist

Mahathir Mohamad

I am the first authoritarian government elected to become a dictator and then resigning as a dictator. So this is the first dictator in the world who has resigned while still quite healthy.

Malaysian Politician

Alexander Lukashenko

My position and the state will never allow me to become a dictator, but an authoritarian ruling style is characteristic of me.

Belarusian Politician

Niall Ferguson

As a teacher, my strategy is to encourage questioning. I'm the least authoritarian professor you'll ever meet.

British Historian

John Ratcliffe

We very clearly do not want an authoritarian regime... setting standards in the world marketplace.

Joe Chung

Those who abhors democracy would rarely immigrate to an authoritarian state if they have to.

Chinese Writer

Used to describe controlling governments, often with a negative connotation.

Political Context

Implies a lack of democracy and citizen participation in government.

Not Democratic

Highlights obedience over personal freedom.

Obedience Emphasized

The term is often associated with domineering and controlling individuals.

Personality Traits

Can describe someone who opposes democratic procedures in decision-making.

Focuses on strict discipline and control rather than freedom or autonomy.

Discipline over Freedom

Often refers to personal relationships, such as parenting or management style.

Context of Use

Highlights inflexibility and an unwillingness to allow deviation from rules.

Rigidity

Implies maintaining control over a group through strict rules.

Control

 so you might say okay there are these differences between liberals and conservatives but what makes those three other foundations moral aren't those just the foundations of xenophobia and authoritarianism and puritanism what makes them moral the answer i think is contained in this incredible triptych from hieronymus bosch the garden of earthly delights

The moral roots of...

 that had not changed was a dependency forged in the colonial period on the export of a few primary products as economic conditions tighten so surely did the political almost everywhere regimes became more authoritarian at best their returns towards relatively

Africa’s rhyming history...

 that somehow this is going to harm these dictatorships, but in many cases it only strengthens them. And you may wonder why. I'll just give you a very short list of reasons why authoritarian deliberation may actually help the dictators.

Evgeny Morozov: How the...

 to financial assets and living arrangements. Cults also demand obedience to human leaders who tend to be highly persuasive people with authoritarian and narcissistic streaks motivated by money, sex, power, or all three.

Why do people join...

 But while the king was initially popular among his subjects, his labor mandates were an uncomfortable reminder of the slavery Haitians fought to destroy. Over time, his increasingly authoritarian policies lost support,

The first and last king...

 Burma didn't succeed. The Philippines didn't succeed. If you look at the statistical evidence worldwide, there's really no support for the idea that authoritarian governments hold a systematic edge over democracies

Yasheng Huang: Does...

 the health of our free thought? Well, one study -- actually, several studies in neuroscience -- show that when we're afraid, at least three things happen. We become more accepting of authoritarianism,

What it's like to be a...

 to the global spread of authoritarian communist regimes. It’s as if we were to say you were clothed, now you’re in your underwear, so soon everyone in the world will be completely naked.

Can you outsmart the...

 Because as it stands, I don't think it is. And so my question to you is, is this what you want? Is this how you want history to remember as the handmaidens to authoritarianism

Facebook's role in...

 that came into the country attacked the then government, took power from the government and and then started to rule over the population in a very authoritarian way.

Authoritarian