Authoritarian dictatorship is not imminent but the threat is growing

Evidence

I am now writing the last page in my last book about authoritarianism. So for the last time, I do not think a fascist dictatorship lies just over our horizon. But I do not think we are well protected against one. And I think our recent history shows the threat is growing. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3855

Categorization

• XREF: Useful boundary claim alongside Christian-nationalism research: dispositional authoritarianism is a real but not-imminent risk.