It's funny, I never really looked up the definition for Authoritarianism before. It's actually quite interesting. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Au

It's funny, I never really looked up the definition for Authoritarianism before. It's actually quite interesting. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarianism 1. limited, not responsible, political pluralism 2. a basis for legitimacy based on emotion, especially the identification of the regime as a necessary evil to combat "easily recognizable societal problems" such as underdevelopment or insurgency 3. neither "intensive nor extensive political mobilization" and constraints on the mass public (such as repressive tactics against opponents and a prohibition of anti-regime activity) 4. "formally ill-defined" executive power, often shifting or vague