{"id":71831,"date":"2022-02-02T06:10:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T11:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=71831"},"modified":"2022-01-31T00:44:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T05:44:02","slug":"obedience-and-the-rise-of-authoritarianism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=71831","title":{"rendered":"Obedience and the Rise of Authoritarianism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAuthoritarianism in religion and science, let alone politics, is becoming increasingly accepted, not particularly because so many people explicitly believe in it but because they feel themselves individually powerless and anxious. 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