We Need To Talk About "Authoritarianism" https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/cad31ad9-021c-428e-9be8-edde42b09399 Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Try Ground News today and get 30% off your subscription by going to https://ground.news/secondthought Howdy, friends! This week we're talking about perhaps the most widely misused term in all of politics - authoritarianism. Why is it so misunderstood? Let's take a look. The Truth About "Authoritarianism" – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS New video every Other Friday! Citations And Further Reading: On Authority: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1872/10/authority.htm The Caging of America: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/01/30/the-caging-of-america CIA Report on Stalin: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-00810A006000360009-0.pdf FISA 702: https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/five-things-to-know-about-nsa-mass-surveillance-and-the-coming-fight-in-congress 2022 Surveillance Report: https://www.wsj.com/articles/fbi-conducted-potentially-millions-of-searches-of-americans-data-last-year-report-says-11651253728 Section 702 Violations: https://www.newamerica.org/oti/blog/history-fisa-section-702-compliance-violations/ https://www.wired.com/story/fbi-section-702/ Police Violence: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/investigations/police-shootings-database/ People killed by Chinese police: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_killings_by_law_enforcement_officers_in_China 2022 US police killings: https://policeviolencereport.org/ Follow and Support Second Thought! Twitter: https://twitter.com/_SecondThought Patreon: https://patreon.com/secondthought BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secondthought CashApp: $JTChapman Watch More Second Thought: Latest Uploads: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJR_Fq2hhYVEFS11cf1YzG27 Spaaaaaace!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJQRpqT-hMTTFx8A6VVH3m6v What If...: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRI7VrWf_-mT0z6lrN--Cvi Popular Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRx7ZaO9J04Kbob_u5baHxN About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a Leftist perspective. Welcome! Business Email: secondthoughtchannel@gmail.com Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:25:24 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube We Need To Talk About "Authoritarianism" https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/cad31ad9-021c-428e-9be8-edde42b09399 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.