Authoritarians do not come to power in stable times

Authoritarians are the ultimate predators. They seek the fear of people diminished by inequality, seizing it and weaponising it for their gain.

They need division. They deliberately stir hate.

This is their happy place. Controlling. Manipulating. Dominating. Cruel.

Opening the unreconciled wound of people who believe their lives are diminished by the other – the immigrant, trans, people who do not look like them – rather than seeing their lives are diminished by the very systems and structures that allow the elite to elite more.

There is a ratchet. Throw shock into the crowd. Just a little shock. That first Little Atrocity. (https://syntropic.world/little-atrocities-the-path-from-integrity-to-self-deception-and-bad-business/) 

Let the wave of shock settle. Get away with it. Then repeat, with a slightly greater amplification on the ratchet. Until suggesting that elected lawmakers be executed becomes just another ho-hum comment. 

In a context of such shock everywhere, the execution of people on boats without any evidence of crime, the removal of people from the streets and workplaces, and the relocation of people to foreign countries. 

Instability is the playpen of the cruel. 

They have one agenda. Power and profit for self. They only need acolytes to create the platform. Once platformed, the acolytes become disposable.

And then we get revolution.

Extremes of inequality create instability, and extreme inequality never endures. 

Photo Taken June 18th 2023, Article published November 22nd, 2025