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 %AUTHORITARIAN LEADERS FOLLOWERS DICTATORS CONTROL 971111
                                                                                                                                     
           Authoritarian leaders and followers need each other.                 
                                                                                                                                     
           Authoritarian  leaders are not fulfilled without  the                                                                     
      affirmation  of  followers who are willing to  make  great                                                                     
      sacrifices themselves and of others ---  at the bidding of    
      the authoritarian leaders.  The more obedient followers an                                                                     
      authoritarian   leader has,  the more confident the leader                                                                     
      is  of   him/herself,  and more willing to take risks  ---                                                      
      because  of  the  support  which is  evident  in  a  large                          
      following.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
           Authoritarian followers need authoritarian leaders to                 
      rescue  them from the need to think independently  and  to                 
      take  responsibility for thinking,  deciding  and  action.                                  
      Authoritarian   followers   fear   creative    independent                         
      thinking,   decisions and actions.   They want to be  told                                                                     
      what  is correct,  right,  proper and fitting ---  and are       
      happy  to  defer to authoritarian leaders who  offer  such                                                                     
      services; even if at great price.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                     
           A  good  match  between  authoritarian  leaders   and                                                                     
      authoritarian  followers  can  generate  very  influential                                                                     
      groups such as in Germany,  Italy, Russia and Japan during               
      World  War II.   Authoritarian groups are usually prone to                                                                     
      make free use of coercion, deception, dishonesty, violence 
      and  excommunication  to achieve the goals chosen  by  the                                                                
      leaders.   Benevolent authoritarian leaders are less overt                                                                     
      and obvious in their use of such tools;  for they are more                                                                     
      subtle.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                     
           Authoritarian   groups   are   more   interested   in                      
      maintaining control --- than  in  promoting both  personal                                                           
      and  communal integrity.    To maintain control  they  are                                                           
      willing   to   sacrifice  both  personal    and   communal                                                                
      integrity.    The health of powerless women,  children and                                             
      minority  citizens is often a matter   of  little  concern                               
      to   authoritarian   leaders.  Sacrifices must be made  to                                                                     
      maintain  law and order,    after all.   The citizens fear                                                                     
      chaos,    confusion and uncertainty.  Thus,   the  leaders                                                                     
      promote   law,    order,     separations   and  certainty.                                                                     
      Doubt,   uncertainty and profound paradoxes are eliminated                                                                     
      in   one way or another ---  to the great  relief of  many      
      people     who    appreciate   the   services    of    the                                                                    
      authoritarian leaders.                                                                                                         
                               (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
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