So, a couple of years ago, a uh philanthropic foundation in the United States asked me to do some research to find out why authoritarianism was gaining ground around the globe. So, I interviewed uh, youcivic leaders in West Africa and scholars in Eastern Europe and democracy leaders in Latin America. And I asked
A little fascism flare-up. Authoritarianism is flaring up around the globe.Not because of anything authoritarianism is doing right, but because of what democracy is getting wrong, and in particular, that democracy is not delivering like, real,
leaders. You know there's more demands on citizens. You know you have to participate if you care about your country. It's not just enough to vote. authoritarianism , and it's also a tool.
that's so effective?" Pretty much everyone I talked to said I was asking the wrong question. That authoritarianism wasn't surging because of anything it was doing right, but because of what democracy was getting wrong. That stopped me in my tracks.
Messing with elections like that is a direct threat to democracy, and if AI can help people do it, then it could easily become a tool of authoritarianism – a pretty powerful one. And the more AI gets implemented in things like politics and economics, the more power it’ll have in those systems– and the more it will be able to enforce the values
It's down to roughly 6%. The authoritarianism -- so Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are both willing to speak the language of law and order, and use the tools of coercion to try to repress outgroups.
economic opportunity, democracy starts to feel meaningless. And that makes authoritarianism and other forms of government more attractive, not in and of themselves, but by default, because democracy is defaulting on its
Authoritarianism is flaring up around the globe.Not because of anything authoritarianism is doing right, but because of what democracy is getting wrong, and in particular, that democracy is not delivering like, real, tangible improvements in people's lives, in particular financial improvements.
And so some of the language we used to describe the party at this time was-- we used to call it responsive authoritarianism or consultative authoritarianism . In general, this is a more tolerable form of authoritarian regime. This wasn't a tinpot dictatorship.
We've been doing fine for the last however many years. And that authoritarianism is resulting in-- has a variety of impacts on different issues.
We've been doing fine for the last however many years. And the rise of authoritarianism coincides with the rise of explicit white supremacy.
course zooming from uh the printing press all the way up through spell check and texting there are stories about the battle between authoritarianism and democracy the idea the very idea of right and wrong uh and on and on but perhaps most of all the story of English spelling is really stories about change
You're not getting dragged off to a cell. So it's not hard authoritarianism , but it is soft authoritarianism . And so it's this, you know, incredible suppressive blanket of regulation rules, you know, this concept of a vetocracy, right?
or greedy governments, who don’t always have the people’s best interest in mind. It could be used to support authoritarianism around the globe. And I’m going to level with you: that process is already starting.
Because actually, what we're talking about, I said that the managerial revolution is apolitical. Little bit of that due to authoritarianism , a huge amount due to better management.
civic leaders in West Africa and scholars in Eastern Europe and democracy leaders in Latin America. And I asked them, "What's authoritarianism getting so right? These leaders that are pushing people and places away from democracy, what are these authoritarians doing
for what started out looking like, you know, I'm sure good and virtuous purposes, you know, we ended up both then and now with this, you know, what I describe as sort of a form of soft authoritarianism . You know, the good news is it's not like a military dictatorship.
Hi! I'm Curly Velasquez and this is Crash Course Latin American Literature. The countries of Latin America are no strangers to authoritarianism , the kind of government that requires unquestioning loyalty and offers little individual freedom in return.
And there will be no consequences for it. That's one of the dynamics of dictatorship and authoritarianism , is this idea that I can do what I like simply because I'm powerful. And I can do whatever I like with whomever I like.
Because I think then it is our responsibility if we've given up our privilege of being citizens. Why do you think that we're seeing this increase in authoritarianism in various places around the world now? Well, I think the following thing that's happened-- and we're living in an incredibly complicated time.
We've been doing fine for the last however many years. One is we see that there is a rise of authoritarianism .
DARPA is very interested in all sorts of things that improve human performance. It also was a great tool of anti-authoritarianism .
getting wrong. That stopped me in my tracks. The way they put it, authoritarianism was like an opportunistic disease that could only take root when democracy was weak.
leaders. You know there's more demands on citizens. You know you have to participate if you care about your country. It's not just enough to vote. the UK or Europe is exactly that, authoritarianism , stability, safety, traditional values, hierarchy. And there
We've been doing fine for the last however many years. But at its core, that rise of authoritarianism is a problem.
these two paradigms, but what I didn't talk about is that there's also this geographical side, and I wanted to read a brief part on that. So there's an ebbing and flowing of hard and soft forms of authoritarianism over time in China, but there's also a geographical dimension. In areas with significantly large and periodically restive non-Han populations such as Xinjiang and Tibet, the modes of control tend to remain much more 1984, even when the country as a whole is in a Brave New World mode. Conversely
I can pass one to you. No, we're good. Why is authoritarianism winning globally? Well, it's not friggin' winning.
Yeah, and so for what people have told-- I certainly can't speak for experience of what it's like to be a woman, but I've done a lot of research But there's so many other things in the world-- climate change, rising authoritarianism , tribalism.
But there were channels in place where citizens could funnel their grievances and the party could respond. And so some of the language we used to describe the party at this time was-- we used to call it responsive authoritarianism or consultative authoritarianism . In general, this is a more tolerable form of authoritarian regime.
And so I think this notion that India can only succeed if it sort of gradually cleaves towards a form of authoritarianism is risky.
So that is what democracy is about-- the involvement of the people in the democratic institutions. So when you talk about fascism, how is it different from other forms of government like authoritarianism ? Where's the line between those?
What advice would you offer to people in other countries around the world who might be concerned about creeping authoritarianism in their own societies?
So I'm wondering where some of your takeaways fit within the academic tradition that a little bit of authoritarianism
to implement long-term policies, discipline policies, throughout their authoritarianism .
And they begin to use some of the governmental structures to try to counter what they see to be the frightening use of authoritarianism .
these conversations that sure maybe there are some good faith criticisms of these policies but we're in a moment of of right-wing authoritarianism and
with victims today. And we also think that there's something important to be said in the world about the assumption of impunity. When we look around at our region, and we look around at the world, we see a resurgence in authoritarianism . New governments emerging or governments transforming into increasingly authoritarian regimes.
These are all tools for advocacy and assistance. But one of the most important tools right now, especially in the advent of this resurgence of authoritarianism , is our ability to influence public opinion. The litigation or the Supreme Court ruling wouldn't have happened if we wouldn't have first won the national narrative about displacement.
Where's the line between those? Well, the interesting part is that for the most part, authoritarianism is something that comes top-down. To some extent, monarchies are authoritarian, or the current Saudi government is.
We've been doing fine for the last however many years. But I think, in particular, technology companies on some level are the line between serious authoritarianism and some measure of resistance.
She was in Germany, interviewed and interrogated by the SS, lost family, moved to the United States, knew about authoritarianism , went through the McCarthy era.
Socialism. Communism. Fascism. Authoritarianism .
United States, certainly the one talked about most to China, in regard to China, is a Big Brother state where the government is watching you, where the people are kept in line through fear, and where the government forces you to believe whatever it says, so they can force you to believe that 2+2=5. It's a hard form of authoritarianism that governs by fear. In Huxley's "Brave New World" which was written earlier, that actually Huxley was a teacher of Orwell's' at Eden which is an interesting little side fact. Um in Huxley's "Brave New
them, "What's authoritarianism getting so right? These leaders that are pushing people and places away from democracy, what are these authoritarians doing that's so effective?" Pretty much everyone I talked to said I was asking the wrong question.