Authoritarians will even help persecute people like themselves when told to do so

Evidence

Perhaps because they realized the obviously self-incriminating implications, people did not leap at this opportunity. The mean was only 15.5, out of a possible range of 0-54. Low RWAs had no interest in helping persecute Highs, and neither did Highs (much). But High RWAs still tended to be more willing to join this posse (to destroy themselves) than anyone else was (r = . — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 421

Categorization

• XREF: The self-incriminating ‘posse’ finding suggests authoritarians defer to authority even against their own group — relevant to blind-obedience mechanisms in Cooper.