Authoritarianism predicts tolerance of government illegality against dissenters

Evidence

Using real occurrences of illegal wiretaps, illegal searches, denial of the right to assemble, use of agents provocateurs, and so on from the turbulent late 1960s and early 1970s, I found that RWA scores correlated . to . with Manitoba students’ acceptance of these events. The connection among their parents equaled . and, among 772 American students at five scattered universities, .63. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 266

Categorization

• XREF: Directly corroborates the vault’s claim about authoritarianism predicting acceptance of state censorship and anti-dissent measures from Whitehead & Perry and Cooper. — connects to: Authoritarian and democratic regimes differ mainly in emphasis on anticipatory versus responsive repression — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 442