Okay.
I have some time on my hands today, so I want to talk about something that’s pretty much out of my scope – authoritarianism.

– I think I spelled that right.
Somehow, I turned off the spell checker on WordPress and have yet to figure out how to turn it back on. Yes, I did google, but that wasn’t helpful. So, going forward spell check free.

I think the people of my generation are familar with authoritarianism. That’s more than likely how we were parented.

1. We were subjected to strict rules or, at least, rules we thought were strict.
2. We were verbally and physically punished. (I know I was, at least verbally.)
3. There was little nurturing. So, yes to this too.
4. To make sure the rules where followed, parents tried to make the children afraid.

So, this is just about opposite of the Leave It to Bever idealism.

Parenting characteristics change over time, but there is going to be some overlap. If you watch parents and children in public, there’s a good possability that you’ll see some of those come into play.

I’ve been seeing a lot of simularities in authoritarianism and the U.S. Government.

1. Strict rules or laws
— I think the mask thing is a good example. It’s all but a federal and state law at this point, no matter where you go. Those who don’t wear a mask are shunned, given dirty looks, or are just rejected.

This has lead to violence, like people at Starbucks being beat up, and has created a highly unneeded division in society. That rolls into:

2. Verbally and physically punished.
Instead of agreeing to disagree, each side tends to push their beliefs on the other side. Since the mask-wearing populous is backed by the government and supposed scientific support, the mask wearers have the upper moral and societial hand.

Those who don’t wear masks fear or expect some sort of punishment when out in public.

3. Little nurturing
I think this is a difficult one, sort of. The government really isn’t handing out ‘atta-boy’ stickers for following the rules. There isn’t personal incentitives for businesses to police the mask laws.

Rather, they rely on the fourth aspect:

4. Fear.
If the companies don’t self-monitor masks, there’s a chance that the business could be shut and people lose their jobs. There’s the fear of infecting the old and the young.

People who don’t wear masks are essentially passive serial killers. Everyone who they know and love as well as a bunch of people they don’t know are all going to die horrible deaths. This will cause a drain on hospitals and monetary resources which contributes to the overall decay of society.

Not to mention that everyone will hate you and there’s no way you would ever be able to buy overpriced tea from Starbucks ever again.

Fear is HUGE in this.

So, what does this mean to society or the child in this scenario?

Again, as many of my generation can relate to, this causes the child to
— repress anger
— feel lonely
— feel abandoned
— resent authorative figures
— be aggressive towards others.

Fear is an energy and it needs to go somewhere. Unfortunately, it’s out and in.

A lot of us may feel loney and abandoned as our social connections and liberties have been repressed. This could naturally spark anger. We’re upset over how quickly and completely everything changed. We’re angry because of the forced life-style change and the little say we had in the regulations.

Rather, social distancing and masks are forced upon us without consent. That makes us mad, but we repress it because we’re fearful that we may harm others or, more realistically, be shunned in the little social connections that we make.

Resenting authorative figures has been entwined in my DNA. I’m subjective in this area, but I think it’s safe to say that resentment is there. Think of the major in Michigan. The more strict she was, the more upset Michganers (?) Michiganites (?) became and with good reason.

— It is kind of funny to note that I think most of the resentment is directed towards more local authority figures rather than federal ones. If we’re going to resent, maybe those closest to the location is the best outlet. An example is that children may resent their parents but not their grandparents. Although, it’s likely that the parents received the same type of treatment from their parents.

The resentment trickles upward. It goes from those who are closest and up towards the ones who really called the shots.

Aggressiveness should go without saying.
There have been more murders, suicides, theft, child abuse, and spouse abuse since this whole thing started. Personally, I don’t see it declining anytime soon.

With each passing day, police become more ineffectual.
Police are authority figures. They’re close. They’re largely shunned by society. It’s a bit of nothing to resist and lose that fear of punishment.

The police, for their part, are still human. Don’t don’t want or need to put up with the hostilities that could, in some cases, lead to harrassment, a cut in pay, and a reputation raked through the mud. They may have a God Complex or a Big Dick Complex.

I can’t believe I’m sort of defending cops, but I fully believe that not all of them are bad. Flawed, absolutely, as many people who aspire to a type of authority are, but not all bad.

Since America is a democracy, authoritarianism has to deconstruct social constructs – like the police – and institute their own form of authority. Instead of police, some areas want social workers (really, people?)

For years, free college has been a Democratic shouting point and, more recently, a unilateral paycheck. Everyone gets a stipened, illegal or not, as well as free healthcare.

We know what happens in this situation.
Going back to parent and child, a child who has never had to fight, work, or even think, tend not to be productive members of society.

Theye expect the world to be handed to them and become aggressive or depressed when it isn’t.

If the parent/government provides all of the means for the child/society, what happens? Does the relationship become permissive or uninvolved?
Vast generations become underwhelmed and overtreated? The division of ‘us’ vs. ‘them’ won’t exist because ‘us’ will cease to exist. It will only be them and nothing more.

We’d be lower than Sector 7G.

I’m just theorizing this evening.
This might be the worse case situation. For all I know, we may be one step away from utopia. But, other nations in previous and current time periods have tried and failed.

Again… maybe it’s a good thing I can’t have a child.