@persagen@mastodon.social[thread] Anticipatory obedience
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Anticipatory_obedience
* preemptively conforming to what's expected by authority fig.
* often w/o explicit orders
* self-censorship
* hist. significant, partic. authoritarian regimes
* citizens adapt this behavior, "legitimizing" power
[thread] Censorship: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113567761107898994
[thread] Sycophancy: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113766048123051472
#conformity #obedience #censorship #SelfCensorship #MajorityMinorityRelations
#Trump2 #GOP #Trumpism #fascism #authoritarianism
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