Makes total sense. Trump is the ultimate Big Daddy for America's authoritarian followers, just like Putin is for Russia, Xi Jinping for China, Kim Jong Un for North Korea, Viktor Orbán for Hungary, Nicolás Maduro for Venezuela, Bashar al-Assad for Syria, Netanyahu for Israel, etc., etc. Authoritarianism also seems to be patriarchal.
Makes total sense. Trump is the ultimate Big Daddy for America's authoritarian followers, just like Putin is for Russia, Xi Jinping for China, Kim Jong Un for North Korea, Viktor Orbán for Hungary, Nicolás Maduro for Venezuela, Bashar al-Assad for Syria, Netanyahu for Israel, etc., etc. Authoritarianism also seems to be patriarchal.
Deepspace, there are examples which do not fit: Catherine the Great, Elizabeth 1, Imelda Marcos, Eleanor of Aquitaine, the authoritarian Indira Gandhi. These are only a partial list off the top of my head, as I have recently read their biographies. With a little digging I suspect there are more to be found.
Haha, right you are, Gerald; I missed those examples. Maybe the exceptions prove the rule, since most strongmen rulers throughout history were men, ergo "strongmen." Again, thanks for your clarification and insights. Always valuable.
Makes total sense. Trump is the ultimate Big Daddy for America's authoritarian followers, just like Putin is for Russia, Xi Jinping for China, Kim Jong Un for North Korea, Viktor Orbán for Hungary, Nicolás Maduro for Venezuela, Bashar al-Assad for Syria, Netanyahu for Israel, etc., etc. Authoritarianism also seems to be patriarchal.
No seems about it, authoritarianism is patriarchal, cooperativism is matriarchal.
The female PhaRAoh Hatsheput, had to disguise herself as a man, Her statues show her with a fake beard.
Right — "seems" is too soft of a word. I think Lawrence O'Donnell also pointed that out about Pharaoh Hatsheput on his blog the other day.
Deepspace, there are examples which do not fit: Catherine the Great, Elizabeth 1, Imelda Marcos, Eleanor of Aquitaine, the authoritarian Indira Gandhi. These are only a partial list off the top of my head, as I have recently read their biographies. With a little digging I suspect there are more to be found.
AS Deepspace has said, Exceptions prove the rule.
Haha, right you are, Gerald; I missed those examples. Maybe the exceptions prove the rule, since most strongmen rulers throughout history were men, ergo "strongmen." Again, thanks for your clarification and insights. Always valuable.