The supposition is that people become authoritarians because they perceive themselves as victims, as a consequence of the origin of every act of discretionary c

The supposition is that people become authoritarians because they perceive themselves as victims, as a consequence of the origin of every act of discretionary cruelty being from the shame of the perpetrator. Believing that someone "deserves," for you to be evil is just a straight psychological hustle to persuade you to be evil. It's almost the essential, universal deception. A bit philosophical for a comment, but toward understanding the dynamics behind the article with an example moral consequence of what it asserts, it seemed worth adding.