Authoritarianism

This is so I can start collecting a bunch of links: 

• https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-17211-4_5,  

• https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/political-science/government-systems-authoritarianism,  

• https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/02/28/who-likes-authoritarianism-and-how-do-they-want-to-change-their-government/,  

• https://sociology.plus/glossary/authoritarianism/,  

• https://ucigcc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021_wp1_cottiero-haggard-FINAL.pdf,  

• https://academic.oup.com/book/59549?login=false,  

• https://commonslibrary.org/confronting-authoritarianism-and-organizing-resistance-case-studies-and-lessons-learned/,  

• https://www.wfd.org/what-we-do/resources/authoritarian-ecosystem,  

• https://protectdemocracy.org/work/authoritarianism-explained/,   

• https://link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/978-3-032-06918-4_27-1,   

• https://www.humanrightscareers.com/issues/authoritarianism-101-definition-examples-and-how-to-address-it/,   

• https://www.britannica.com/topic/authoritarianism,  

• https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Authoritarianism&oldid=1354783763, 

• https://gnwmythrsglossary.blogspot.com/2023/09/aspects-of-character-content-warning.html.

  

 

 

 

 

The Jeffrey E atrocities [CW - links to material on SA, CSA, egregious human rights abuses]

After watching “Why Conspiracy Talk About Jews is Dangerous: A Direct Warning”   https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qeuuUpn5bdE   (This is a warning that some have Jeffrey E’s last name for antisemitism) , I have started changing how I refer to this topic as the “Jeffrey E atrocities”. It will take me some time to update the past references, and I may not be able to do all (other people's article titles may have to stay as they are for searchability reasons, for instance, and Blogger's software can be tedious), but I will do what I can. 

This is so I can start a running list of relevant links: 

• https://gnwmythr.blogspot.com/search/label/Jeffrey%20E%20atrocities   and      

• https://gnwmythr.blogspot.com/search?q=E_st__n   

• the relevant articles on https://alisav.substack.com/    including: 
• “The Handler: Karyna Shuliak, Jeffrey Epstein, and the Intelligence Operation Hiding in Plain Sight”   https://alisav.substack.com/p/the-handler-karyna-shuliak-jeffrey   “How a Belarusian dentist may have ended the Epstein operation from the inside — and delivered its archive to Moscow”   
• “Florida's Top Federal Prosecutor Gave Epstein a Lenient Sentence. But *New Mexico's* Top Federal Prosecutor Was Epstein's Personal POA and Never Investigated Him At All.”   https://alisav.substack.com/p/floridas-top-federal-prosecutor-gave   “The nation continues to be scandalized by what happened in Florida, yet ignores what happened in New Mexico. Why?”   
• “N.M. Epstein Truth Commission Hired Law Firm Whose Founders Donated to Governor Bill Richardson, Named As Abuser in Epstein Files”   https://alisav.substack.com/p/nm-epstein-truth-commission-hired   “The firm also has ties to a political action committee that donated to two members of the four member commission - Andrea Romero and Mariana Anaya - and to the sitting governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham”   

• “Everything To Know About The 'Epstein Class,' The Term That's On Everyone's Tongues”   https://www.huffpost.com/entry/everything-to-know-about-the-epstein-class-the-term-thats-on-everyones-tongues-goog_l_698defaae4b0ba74045a3f88   See the warning at the top of this post   

• “The Epstein revelations have exposed how ‘Boy’s Club’ elites avoid accountability”   https://theconversation.com/the-epstein-revelations-have-exposed-how-boys-club-elites-avoid-accountability-276839   

• “The “Epstein class,” explained”   https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-epstein-class-explained/ar-AA1Xm4Tr   

• “The Epstein Class”   https://dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/the-epstein-class/   

• “The Epstein files reveal that a vast global conspiracy actually exists – sort of”   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/07/epstein-files-global-conspiracy   

• “Epstein Library”   https://www.justice.gov/epstein   

• “Jeffrey Epstein”   https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jeffrey-Epstein   

• “Jeffrey Epstein”   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein    

 

 

 

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Petro-masculinity

See: 

• Petro-masculinity   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Petro-masculinity&oldid=1333541757   

and 

• https://substack.com/@alisavaldes/note/c-219702144 

 

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critical thinking

I have decided to start this "definition" to, as so often is the case, collate information. 

From https://gnwmythr.blogspot.com/2025/10/post-no-3303-news-and-commentary-from.html:    

The importance of critical thinking ... and not giving it to AI (my high school physics teacher in the 70s taught us about centripetal force ... and then jumped into how that could be used to get the last sauce out of a bottle, and why hadn't we thought of that? Well, we hadn't thought of that because the teaching was so strongly contextually implied as being only for science that we had barriers created to even thinking of this anywhere else. I am gravely concerned that however critical thinking is being taught, it is being done in a similarly limiting implied context that is stopping people using critical thinking an thus being vulnerable to scams, etc. We need to change how critical thinking is taught so that is actively learned as something to be used everywhere ... );       “What if Darwin was wrong? The case for the survival of the wisest” from this economist;      

From https://gnwmythrsglossary.blogspot.com/2023/09/aspects-of-character-content-warning.html: 

“MAGA Thinks Like Children Do”   https://youtu.be/9ooP5PD686w   or   https://lucasbean.substack.com/p/trump-supporters-think-like-children   “Construal Level Theory”   Conservatives naturally think in concrete terms (as children do), not abstract (which is what adults do), but when FORCED to think abstractly, their bigotry and intolerance disappears. The presenter describes conservatives as “lazy thinkers” - which is why they succumb to the childishness of propaganda. The source of these assertions was not provided on YouTube, but IS on the Substack link - and this is consistent with my experience. It also suggests, IMO, that proper teaching and support when they are children might help fix the problem.   

From the ending of most of my blog posts: 

Where I can, I will try to highlight possible flaws / issues you should consider:

• there may be flawed logical arguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ free online course “Clear and Present Thinking”;  
• I could be wrong - so keep your thinking caps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.

 

Some other links: 

• https://gnwmythr.blogspot.com/search?q=%22critical+thinking%22   

• https://gnwmythr.blogspot.com/search/label/critical%20thinking   

 

And from the Internet: 

• https://theconversation.com/au/search?q=critical+thinking    

• https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/critical-thinking/   

• https://www.monash.edu/student-academic-success/enhance-your-thinking/critical-thinking/what-is-critical-thinking   

• https://www.coursera.org/articles/critical-thinking-skills   

• https://www.scribbr.com/working-with-sources/critical-thinking/   

• https://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/defining-critical-thinking/766   

• https://asana.com/resources/critical-thinking-skills   

• https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/curriculum-information/understand-this-general-capability/critical-and-creative-thinking   

• https://www.britannica.com/topic/critical-thinking   

• https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Critical_thinking&oldid=1317513496    

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toxic femininity

This has become a more pressing topic under the the US regime of year 2025 (at time of writing), and will be a collection point for links, beginning with: 

• “[M_ G_] star [K____ M_l l_r]’s new podcast reeks of toxic femininity. I listened so you don’t have to”   https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/14/k____-m__ll__r-podcast       

• “Femininity as a Masking Tool: How Gender Performance Gives Neurodivergent Women Cover While It Consumes Them”   https://bridgettehamstead.substack.com/p/femininity-as-a-masking-tool-how   

 

Here are a few other links, but first, I want to make clear that I consider these more internalised misogyny than toxic femininity. For me, the line is crossed in to toxic femininity when the behaviours are used to harm others - as is clearly the case with the link above. Be that as it may, here are a few other links for your consideration: 

• https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/toxic-femininity   

• https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-toxic-femininity-5222736    

• https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sex-sexuality-and-romance/201908/toxic-femininity   

• https://www.shethriveshere.com/blog/toxic-femininity-internalised-misogyny   

• https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/is_it_really_helpful_to_talk_about_toxic_femininity   

• https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Internalized_sexism&oldid=1304519532    

 

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tolerance is a social construct (or a peace treaty)

See   https://conversational-leadership.net/tolerance-is-a-social-contract/   

See also: 

As a rewording/variation to the “tolerance is a social contract” idea, an argument that “tolerance is not a moral absolute; it is a peace treaty” - and it turns out there is a scale for measuring tolerance.  

 

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social Darwinism

See   “Post No. 3,107 - War, authoritarian abuses, cruelty, and the evil of social darwinism”   https://gnwmythr.blogspot.com/2025/05/post-no-3107-war-authoritarian-abuses.html     

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