Authoritarianism can manifest on the political left as well as right

Evidence

The original authors recognized that high F scores were not necessarily associated with any particular political view and pointed out the existence of low scorers, supporters of “progressive” policies, who were as rigid and totalitarian as extreme high scorers (Adorno et al., 1950). This datum was among the subtle­ ties lost upon later critics and defenders of the work. It is also worth remem­ bering that the Frankfurt School was not nearly as monolithic in its own political orientation as some subsequent writers have implied (see Stone, Lederer, & Christie, 1993). — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 446

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide: The Social…, 446
• XREF: connects to: An authoritarian personality could be publicly socialist yet convert readily to Nazism; Shils attacked Authoritarian Personality for blindness to left-wing authoritarianism — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1825; Human rights groups competed with the left to denounce dictatorships in Chile — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 306 (+15 more)

Broader Connections

• Left and right authoritarians share one underlying personality structure #corroborates (1.00) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 2850
• People high in left-wing authoritarianism tended also to score high on right-wing authoritarianism #corroborates (0.85) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 2897
• Right-wing and left-wing authoritarianism scores correlate positively, not negatively #corroborates (0.85) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 2891
• Left-wing authoritarianism is nearly nonexistent in contemporary samples #qualifies (0.85) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1003
• Supposed left-wing authoritarians in past movements were probably right-wing wild cards #qualifies (0.80)
• Authoritarianism correlates with all six distinct components of conservatism #expands (0.75) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 490