Democracies produce millions of authoritarians daily, enough to stage Nuremberg rallies

Evidence

We cannot secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves, and our posterity, if we sit with our oars out of the water. If we drift mindlessly, circumstances can sweep us to disaster. Our societies presently produce millions of highly authoritarian personalities as a matter of course, enough to stage the Nuremberg Rallies over and over and over again. Turning a blind eye to this could someday point guns at all our heads, and the fingers on the triggers will belong to rightwing authoritarians. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3858 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Horkheimer toasted the Nuremberg executions in memory of shared anti-Nazi glee with Fromm — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1124; Modern societies still produce millions of authoritarian personalities annually — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3858; Authoritarian dictatorship is not imminent but the threat is growing — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3855 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Modern societies still produce millions of authoritarian personalities annually #corroborates (0.93) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3858