" Is the solution to our issues as a country really that women and men who are not authoritarian-curious have to drag these dudes back from the abyss without them doing any work themselves?"
Unfortunately, the answer is yes. I don't know about dragging. That seldom creates much change. But as long as they don't feel a need to change, they…
" Is the solution to our issues as a country really that women and men who are not authoritarian-curious have to drag these dudes back from the abyss without them doing any work themselves?"
Unfortunately, the answer is yes. I don't know about dragging. That seldom creates much change. But as long as they don't feel a need to change, they will never initiate the work. We will need to create strategies that act like interventions which can help them wake up to new possibilities. And very likely it will be most effective if those currently seduced by authoritarianism are invited in to help create the strategies. After all, the strategies will need to work for all of us.
" Is the solution to our issues as a country really that women and men who are not authoritarian-curious have to drag these dudes back from the abyss without them doing any work themselves?"
Unfortunately, the answer is yes. I don't know about dragging. That seldom creates much change. But as long as they don't feel a need to change, they will never initiate the work. We will need to create strategies that act like interventions which can help them wake up to new possibilities. And very likely it will be most effective if those currently seduced by authoritarianism are invited in to help create the strategies. After all, the strategies will need to work for all of us.