Authoritarianism

"This article is talking about Authoritarianism itself. For categories, see: AuthUnity,  AuthLeft and  AuthRight"

Authoritarianism is a form of government characterized by strong (usually central) power that demands obedience to authority and limited political and civil freedoms. While a multitude of different typologies has been developed by political scientists to classify authoritarian states, qualities commonly associated with authoritarian regimes include the absence of free and competitive democratic elections and one-party state, as well as censorship, and minimal power restrictions.

History
Authoritarianism arose during the transition from Tribes to cities. The first authoritarians were Monarchs, who had gained power through dynasties. Later in Greece, Democracy arose, which quickly became authoritarian. This stayed relatively the same until Enlightenment, which resulted in  numerous  rebellions against authority. These new positions quickly  became authoritarian, thus continuing the cycle.

Leaders and whose regimes have commonly been regarded as being Authoritarian include Saddam Hussein in  Iraq,  Francisco Franco in  Spain,  Antonio de Oliveira Salazar in  Portugal,  Alfredo Stroessner in  Paraguay,  Augusto Pinochet in  Chile,  Ruhollah Khomeini in  Iran,  Fidel Castro in  Cuba,  Emperor Hirohito in  Japan,   Saudi Arabia,  Muammar Gaddafi in  Libya,  Vladimir Putin in  Russia,  Alexandr Lukashenko in  Belarus, etc.

Other famous examples include Juan Peron in  Argentina,  Maximilien Robespierre in  France, and more recently,  Hamas and  Fatah in  Palestine.

Personality and Behavior
Auth is very demanding and angry, but will become enraged if you mention this. He also hates it if you call him totalitarian.

Stylistic Notes
TBA

How to Draw
Auth flag.svg Authoritarianism's design is based on the 8values Security icon. And you're done!
 * 1) Draw a ball
 * 2) Color it a slightly faded navy blue (#3F51B5)
 * 3) Draw a black or very dark grey gavel (can be as detailed or simplistic as you want)
 * 4) Draw eyes

Friends

 * [[File: Abmon.png]] Absolute Monarchism & [[File: Authdem.png]] Authoritarian Democracy - Unjust and just authority are both great.
 * [[File: ML.png]] Marxism–Leninism - This "Transitionary State" bullshit is great.
 * [[File: Pinochet-hat.png]] Pinochetism - Throwing dissidents out of helicopters? BASED!
 * [[File: Oligarchy.png]] Oligarchy - From the shadows, my friend.
 * [[File: Strato.png]] Stratocracy - What better way to achieve authority?
 * [[File:Auto.png]] Autocracy - You're too narcissistic but I like the way you work.
 * [[File:Tucn-EcoAuth.png]] Eco-Authoritarianism - The correct way to do environmentalism.
 * [[File:Socauth.png]] Social Authoritarianism - The correct way to do welfare.
 * [[File:Baath.png]] Ba'athism - Getting the authoritarian part right, but in overt denial about it.
 * [[File:AuthSoc.png]] Authoritarian Socialism - Based socialism.
 * [[File:Authcap.png]] Authoritarian Capitalism - Based capitalism.
 * [[File:dengf.png]] Dengism - The social credit system is based.
 * [[File:PolState.png]] Police Statism - Respecting the authority.
 * [[File:Krit.png]] Kritarchy - Maintaining law and order.

Frenemies

 * [[File: Totalitarian.png]] Totalitarianism - Son, that's a bit too far.
 * [[File: Ingsocf.png]] Ingsoc - Grandson, that's really too far. Literally 1984!
 * [[File: Pron.png]] Peronism - Sure you say you're not a dictator but I don't buy it.
 * [[File:Monkeyzz-Enlightenment.png]] Enlightenment [[File: Enlightnenment.png]] - Could have ended me, but ended up falling victim to the cycle.
 * [[File: Tribal.png]] Tribalism - The future is now, old man.

Enemies

 * [[File: Dem.png]] Democracy - Moron. We don't need ya dirty "liberty"...
 * [[File: Kak.png]] Kakistocracy - This is where democracy leads, people. [[File:Polpot.png]] Oh wait-
 * [[File: Awaj.png]] Anarchism - Oh, fuck off.
 * [[File: Thar.png]] Anti-Authoritarianism - Total asshat.
 * [[File: Libertarian.png]] Libertarianism - I tread where I please.
 * [[File:Illeg.png]] Illegalism - [Comment Removed by Moderator]
 * [[File:Ochlo.png]] Ochlocracy - [Comment Removed by Moderator, Muted for 24 hours.]
 * [[File:Insarch.png]] Insurrectionary Anarchism - [Comment Removed by Moderator, Banned for 72 hours.]

Wikipedia

 * Authoritarianism
 * Statism
 * Bureaucracy

Authoritarian Leaders:

 * [[File:CBall-King-Italy.png]] Benito Mussolini (Kingdom of Italy) [[File:Classfash.png]]
 * [[File:Nazi.png]] Adolf Hitler (Nazi Germany) [[File:Hitler.png]]
 * [[File:Nazi.png]] Heinrich Himmler (Nazi Germany) [[File:Daddy Himmler.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Austria.png]] Kurt von Schuschnigg (Austria) [[File:AusFash.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-France.png]]Philippe Petáin (Vichy France) [[File:French Fascism.png]]
 * [[File:Showa.png]] Emperor Hirohito (Empire of Japan) [[File:Showa-kanmuri.png]]
 * [[File:Showa.png]] Hideki Tojo (Empire of Japan) [[File:Showa-kanmuri.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Manchukuo.png]] Puyi (Independent State of Manchukuo) [[File:Concordia Association.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Hungary.png]] Miklós Horthy (Kingdom of Hungary) [[File:Authoritarian Conservatism.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Hungary.png]] Ferenc Szlasi (Kingdom of Hungary) [[File:Hun.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Romania.png]] Ion Antonescu (Kingdom of Romania) [[File:Ethnonat.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Croatia.png]] Ante Pavelic (Croatia) [[File:Ustase.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Slovakia.png]] Jozef Tiso (Slovakia) [[File:Cfash.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Greece.png]] Ioannis Metaxas (Greece) [[File:Metaxi.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Greece.png]] Georgios Papadopoulos (Greece) [[File:Metaxi.png]]
 * [[File:Franco.png]] Francisco Franco (Spain) [[File:Franco-alt.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Portugal.png]] Antonio de Oliveira Salazar (Portugal) [[File:Salazar.png]]
 * [[File:Bolshevism ball.png]] Vladimir Lenin (USSR) [[File:Orthlen.png]]
 * [[File:Bolshevism ball.png]] Joseph Stalin (USSR) [[File:Stalin.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Vladimir Putin (Russia) [[File:Putin.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Belarus.png]] Alexander Lukashenko (Belarus) [[File:Lukash.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-EastGermany.png]] Erich Honecker (GDR) [[File:Honecker.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Hungary.png]] Mátyás Rákosi (Hungary) [[File:Stalin.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Czechia.png]] Gustav Husak (Czechoslovakia) [[File:Natcom.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Romania.png]] Nicolae Ceaușescu (Romania) [[File:Cball-SRRomania.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Albania.png]] Enver Hoxha (Albania) [[File:Hoxha.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Taiwan.png]] Chiang Kai-shek (ROC) [[File:RightKMT.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Taiwan.png]] Dai Li (ROC) [[File:China-blueshirt.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-China.png]] Mao Zedong (PRC) [[File:Mao.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-China.png]] Deng Xiaoping (PRC) [[File:Dengf.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-China.png]] Li Peng (PRC)
 * [[File:Cball-China.png]] Jiang Zemin (PRC) [[File:Jiang_Tze-min.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-China.png]] Xi Jinping (PRC) [[File:XiJinpingThoughtf.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-North_Korea.png]] Kim Dynasty (DPRK) [[File:Juche.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-South Korea.png]] Syngman Rhee (ROK) [[File:Ilminism.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-South Korea.png]] Park Chung-hee (ROK) [[File:ParkChungHee.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-South Korea.png]] Chun Doo-hwan (ROK) [[File:DemocraticJusticeParty.png]]
 * [[File:Hochi.png]] Ho Chi Minh (North Vietnam) [[File:Hochi.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-SouthVietnam.png]] Ngô Đình Diệm (South Vietnam)
 * [[File:Cball-SouthVietnam.png]] Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (South Vietnam)
 * [[File:Cball-Singapore.png]] Lee Kuan-Yew (Singapore) [[File:PAP(Singapore).png]]
 * [[File:Polpot.png]] Pol Pot (Khmer Rouge)
 * [[File:Tito.png]] Josip Broz Tito (SFR Yugoslavia)
 * [[File:Tito.png]] Slobodan Milošević (FR Yugoslavia)
 * [[File:Tito.png]] Ratko Mladić (Republika Srpska)
 * [[File:Tito.png]] Radovan Karadžić (Republika Srpska)
 * [[File:Castro.png]] Fulgencio Batista (Cuba) [[File:Batista.png]]
 * [[File:Castro.png]] Fidel Castro (Cuba) [[File:Castro-PCC.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-DominicanRepublic.png]] Rafael Trujilo (Dominican Republic) [[File:RafaelTrujillo.png]]
 * [[File:CBall-Mexico.png]] Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (Mexico)
 * [[File:CBall-Mexico.png]] Luis Echeverría (Mexico)
 * [[File:Cball-Brazil.png]] Getulio Vargas (Brazil)
 * [[File:Argentina.png]] Juan Perón (Argentina) [[File:Pron.png]]
 * [[File:Argentina.png]] Jorge Videla (Argentina) [[File:Videla.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Chile.png]] Marmaduke Grove (Chile) [[File:Soc.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Chile.png]] Augusto Pinochet (Chile) [[File:Pinochet-hat.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Paraguay.png]] Alfredo Stroessner (Paraguay) [[File:ColoradoParty-Stroessner.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Bolivia.png]] Hugo Banzer (Bolivia) [[File:NDA-Banzer.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Nicaragua.png]] Anastasio Somoza Debayle (Nicaragua) [[File:PLN.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Nicaragua.png]] Daniel Ortega (Nicaragua)
 * [[File:Cball-Peru.png]] Alberto Fujimori (Peru) [[File:Fujimori.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Brazil.png]] Jair Bolsonaro (Brazil) [[File:Bolsonarism - alt.png]]
 * [[File:Chavismo.png]] Nicolas Maduro (Venezuela)
 * [[File:Cball-Haiti.png]] Jean-Claude Duvalier (Haiti) [[File:Duvalier.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Philippines.png]] Ferdinad Marcos (Philippines) [[File:Marcos.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Philippines.png]] Rodrigo Duterte (Philippines) [[File:Duterte.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Mongolia.png]] Khorloogiin Choibalsan (Mongolia)
 * [[File:Ottoman.png]] Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (Turkey) [[File:Kemal.png]]
 * [[File:Ottoman.png]] Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (Turkey) [[File:Erdoğanism.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Hungary.png]] Viktor Orbán (Hungary) [[File:FIDESZ.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Kazakhstan.png]] Nursultan Nazarbayev (Kazakhstan) [[File:NurOtan.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Azerbaijan.png]] Ilham Aliyev (Azerbaijan) [[File:YAP(Azerbaijan).png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Chechnya.png]] Ramzan Kadyrov (Chechnya)
 * [[File:Cball-Uzbekistan.png]] Islam Karimov (Uzbekistan)
 * [[File:Cball-Tajikistan.png]] Emomali Rahmon (Tajikistan)
 * [[File:Cball-Turkmenistan.png]] Saparmurat Niyazov (Turkmenistan) [[File:Niyazov.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Turkmenistan.png]] Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (Turkmenistan) [[File:Niyazov.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Egypt.png]] Gamal Abdel Nasser (Egypt) [[File:Absoc.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Egypt.png]] Hosni Mubarak (Egypt) [[File:NDP(Egypt).png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Egypt.png]] Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (Egypt) [[File:El-Sisi.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Tunisia.png]] Ben Ali (Tunisia) [[File:BenAli.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Saudi.png]] Kings of Saudi Arabia (Saudi Arabia) [[File:HouseOfSaud.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Iraq.png]] Saddam Hussein (Ba'athist Iraq) [[File:Hussein.png]]
 * [[File:Gaddafi.png]] Muammar Gaddafi (Libya)
 * [[File:Cball-Libya.png]] Khalifa Haftar (Libya)
 * [[File:Cball-Syria.png]] Hafez al-Assad (Syria) [[File:Hafez al-Assad.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Syria.png]] Bashar al-Assad (Syria) [[File:Baath.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Persia.png]] Reza Shah (Pahlavi Iran) [[File:Pahlavi.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Persia.png]] Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (Pahlavi Iran) [[File:Pahlavi.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Iran.png]] Ruhollah Khomeini (Islamic Republic of Iran) [[File:Khom.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Iran.png]] Ali Khamenei (Islamic Republic of Iran) [[File:Khom.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Iran.png]] Qasem Soleimani (Islamic Republic of Iran) [[File:IRGC.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Iran.png]] Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Islamic Republic of Iran) [[File:Khom.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Eritrea.png]] Isaias Afewerki (Eritrea) [[File: IsaiasAfwerki-PFDJ.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Somalia.png]] Siad Barré (Somalia) [[File:SiadBarre-SRSP.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-South Africa alt.png]] P.W. Botha (South Africa) [[File:NasionaleParty(Apartheid).png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Uganda.png]] Idi Amin (Uganda)
 * [[File:Mobutism.png]] Mobutu Sese Seko (Zaire)
 * [[File:Cball-Zimbabwe.png]] Robert Mugabe (Zimbabwe) [[File:Mug.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Equatorial_Guinea.png]] Francis Nguema (Equatorial Guinea)
 * [[File:Cball-CAR.png]] Jean-Bedel Bokassa (CAR) [[File:Bokassa.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Sudan.png]] Omar al-Bashir (Sudan) [[File:NCP(Sudan).png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Rwanda.png]] Paul Kagame (Rwanda) [[File:FPR(Rwanda).png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Pakistan.png]] Yahya Khan (Pakistan)
 * [[File:Cball-Pakistan.png]] Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (Pakistan) [[File:Zia.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-India.png]] Indira Gandhi (India)
 * [[File:Cball-India.png]] Narendra Modi (India) [[File:BJP.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-SocialistBurma.png]] Ne Win (Socialist Burma) [[File:Burmasoc.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Myanmar.png]] Than Shwe (Myanmar)
 * [[File:Cball-Myanmar.png]] Min Aung Hlaing (Myanmar) [[File:Tatmadaw.png]]
 * [[File:Thailand.png]] Plaek Phibunsonggram (Thailand)
 * [[File:Thailand.png]] Thanom Kittikachorn (Thailand)
 * [[File:Cball-Malaysia.png]] Mahathir Mohamad (Malaysia) [[File:Mahathir.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Indonesia.png]] Suharto (Indonesia) [[File:Suharto.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-BANG.png]] Sheikh Hasina (Bangladesh) [[File:Hasina.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Brunei.png]] Hassanal Bolkiah (Brunei) [[File:SultanBrunei.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Cambodia.png]] Hun Sen (Cambodia) [[File:Hun Sen.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-IRAfghanistan.png]] Ashraf Ghani (Afghanistan) [[File:Ghani.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Algeria.png]] Abdelaziz Bouteflika (Algeria) [[File:FLN.png]]

Literature

 * On Authority by [[File:Ormarxf.png]] Friedrich Engels

Articles

 * Authoritarian Theory

Gallery
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