There still must be different meanings of the word
authoritarian. For example, studies show that if
parents use "authoritarian methods", meaning not too
passive and not too punishing, then their kids will
grow up to not be criminals. If there is not even an
official definition, than what definition are you even
reffering to? Maybe the definition you're using for
authoritarian is "controls several aspects of life,
including free speech." Maybe Joe (apoligies to Joe if
he is on this mailing list, I just needed a name)
thinks authoritarian means "Disobeying the every
article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
with the goal of restoring order." Who's right? What
if China is in only one of those definitions?
everything has two sides to it. You can't present one
side and call it fact.
--- Fred Bauder <fredbaud(a)ctelco.net> wrote:
No there is no official body of definition, there is
simply what most of us
mean by "authoritarian" as the concept is used to
refer to certain patterns
of behavior.
Fred
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