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Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Authoritarian government dooms society

(My Eastern New Mexico News column for December 17, 2025)




Many people have recently discovered that government is authoritarian. What a shock! Most only complain about it when it affects something they personally care about. When it crushes something they dislike, they either ignore it or call for even more authoritarianism.

The dictionary says "authoritarian" means demanding blind obedience to authority instead of respecting individual freedom, considering individual freedom subordinate to the power of the state, or exercising complete or almost complete control over the will of others. It’s a perfect description of ordinary, everyday government...read the rest...
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