No measured individual has endorsed even mildly authoritarian left-wing views
Evidence
I have yet to find a single “socialist/Communist-type” who scores highly on absolute terms on the LWA Scale. Shils may have been right about his era, but the “authoritarian on the left” has been as scarce as hens’ teeth in my samples. On the other hand, a my sterious group of “high-highs” consistently appeared in my studies who landed in the top quartile on both the RWA and LWA scales. These seemingly contradictory people proved to be highly prejudiced, and quite hostile in general. I called these puzzling people “Wild-Card Authoritarians,” and the Militia scale provides the key to understanding many of them. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1003 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
In my own case, counting the item-development studies, I have now collected responses to left-wing authoritarian statements from 1,845 Manitoba students, 642 of their parents, and 67 politicians in Saskatchewan—over 2,500 persons. I have not yet found a single individual who even “slightly agreed” (+1, or 6.0) on average with the notion of an authoritarian left-wing movement. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 2986 (
#exemplifies, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Canadian politicians of all parties show no left-wing authoritarianism; No genuine left-wing authoritarian was found despite a valid scale for measuring one; No coherent left-wing authoritarian ideology emerged from measured student responses — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 2883 (+10 more)
Broader Connections
- No genuine left-wing authoritarian was found despite a valid scale for measuring one
#corroborates(0.98) - Left-wing authoritarianism is nearly nonexistent in contemporary samples
#corroborates(0.95) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1003 - No left-wing authoritarians were found among 2,500 respondents over two decades
#exemplifies(0.93) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 2986 - Genuine left-wing authoritarians may not exist as a measurable type.
#corroborates(0.92) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3044 - Support for political correctness does not track left-right ideology but Wild-Card Authoritarianism.
#complicates(0.75)