Why Ordinary People Enable Totalitarians, Part 1
By Barry Brownstein Cicero said history “casts light on reality and is a guide to life.” The wisdom gained by understanding the past helps prevent…
Tyranny
Authoritarians Drunk on Power: It’s Time to Recalibrate the Government
By John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead “There is something terribly wrong with this country, isn’t there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where…
What Holds Mankind Back from Confronting the Forces Determined to Destroy It?
By Julian Rose War, on anything other than a localised dispute level, is a contrived and preplanned event based on ulterior motive. In the era…
Why are People so Obedient? – Compliance and Tyranny
By Academy of Ideas The following is a transcript of this video. “And the word “courage” should be reserved to characterize the man or woman…
The Rise of the Public-Private Partnership in Tyranny
By Ramesh Thakur The slogan cuius regio, eius religio (whose the reign/realm, his the religion) was adopted in Europe in the mid-16th century to end…
Dangerous Myth: Courts are the “Last Bulwark Against Tyranny”
By Michael Boldin Many people hold the false and dangerous view that the federal court system is not only the final say on the meaning…
Fear is the Foundation of Government Power
By Michael Boldin A culture of obedience and compliance guarantees that government will never stop growing – and defiance and nullification represent the “rightful remedy”…
Censorship Is the First Step Toward Tyranny
By Michael Maharrey If you want to subject people to tyranny, the first step is to eliminate the freeness of speech. If you can’t have…
The Follow the Leader Gene, aka The Messiah Gene
By Janet Phelan Human history is littered with examples of people following a political or religious leader into the depths of horrific depravity. Certainly, the…
Arbitrary Government Is Tyranny
By Michael Maharrey Arbitrary government is the very definition of a tyranny. And what do we mean by “arbitrary” government? When the government can just…
Don’t Bow Down to a Dictatorial Government — America Is a Prison Disguised as Paradise
By John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead “If all that Americans want is security, they can go to prison. They’ll have enough to eat, a…
My Book Is Being Burned — Mattias Desmet
By Mattias Desmet On January 25, 2023, Ghent University banned the use of my book The Psychology of Totalitarianism in the course “Critique of Society and…
Justin Trudeau Called A Tyrant As He Is Swarmed By Angry Mandate Protesters
By Tyler Durden The anger is starting to spill over. After years of what many in the Canadian public now regard as useless covid mandates…
Is Fear of Freedom an Invitation for Fascism?
By Julian Rose I am revisiting Dr Erich Fromm’s seminal work Fear of Freedom (also published as Escape from Freedom) as the basis of this…