I don't mean to start a flame war, but how is the left more authoritarian? I don't really get it. Conservative leaders, at least in the US, seem far more autho

I don't mean to start a flame war, but how is the left more authoritarian? I don't really get it. Conservative leaders, at least in the US, seem far more authoritarian and xenophobic than left leaning leaders. I'm curious what you see as authoritarian about the modern left. Also, it is interesting that you associate shaming with authoritarianism. Shaming is intrinsically a grass roots thing - it's the people, not some autocrat, that shames people. Authoritarian governments don't need to shame people, they simply imprison them or take other direct coercive measures. Societies shame people because they cannot physically do anything to them. That's a huge distinction.