• TokenBoomer@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    That was not my intent. Sorry if it came off that way. Displaced anger can be curbed.

    Autocratic leaders rely on displacement as a way to divide groups and redirect anger that could potentially be directed at government leadership. Helping to displace anger is cited in a 10-point checklist on how to become an authoritarian leader. A review of the history of any autocracy highlights such displacement, accompanied by fueling fear, as a core strategy for strengthening and maintaining authority.