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'''Authoritarianism''' is an [[ideology]] which promotes [[defer]]ence relations to create a stable [[command hierarchy]] at all costs. It is most often associated with ants, bees, or human [[militarism]] and [[fascism]]. | '''Authoritarianism''' is an [[ideology]] which promotes [[defer]]ence relations to create a stable [[command hierarchy]] at all costs. It is most often associated with ants, bees, or human [[militarism]] and [[fascism]]. | ||
One symptom of this view is that it creates [[alleged faction]]s or claims of [[conspiracy]] and combines these into complex [[alleged and collective identity]] claims, e.g. [[w:Stalin]] was known to do this just prior to purges. | |||
In [[large public wiki]]s this ideology becomes the [[wiki ideology]] of [[sysop vandalism]], in which the futility of the [[wiki mission]] and the absolute domination of a controlling [[clique]] over that mission becomes obvious, even [[Wikipedia violates GFDL|in clear violation of license terms]]. | In [[large public wiki]]s this ideology becomes the [[wiki ideology]] of [[sysop vandalism]], in which the futility of the [[wiki mission]] and the absolute domination of a controlling [[clique]] over that mission becomes obvious, even [[Wikipedia violates GFDL|in clear violation of license terms]]. | ||
See [[anti-authoritarianism in practice]] for ways this ideology is resisted. | See [[anti-authoritarianism in practice]] for ways this ideology is resisted. | ||