Kulturkampf

[benji]

wait...this article...this article called "right-wing authoritarianism" doesn't look at it as a political ideology?

did the article used to have a different name and this particular passage was never edited to reflect the change in tone?

No, The Authoritarian Personality was solely concerned with identifying the personality traits of fascists aka all conservatives.

Most literature would never even investigate "left-wing" authoritarianism because the authors would consider that to be an oxymoron. If there's anything it would focus on Stalinism as the specific and only ever deviation which was caused entirely by him and has nothing to do with left-wing systems of government.

There's lots of academic writing that considers a state/society where every aspect of your life is completely controlled and planned for you with you having no say in anything as one of greater freedom than the United States because perceived freedom in the US (or West) is an illusion of a super advanced authoritarian system.