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My Mom Was An Authority Figure

Posted on 04/20/2013 by

I posted a long while ago about the primary events that triggered me to really become fed up and disgusted with authority figures in general (http://agalltyr.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/why-i-question-authority/), but I was just thinking how it was more than just those events that … Continue reading →

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Leadership Is Not the Same as Dictatorship

Posted on 09/08/2012 by

Too often people in positions of authority abuse their power because they have the concept of leadership confused with the concept of dictatorship and don’t understand that it’s possible to motivate people without having explicit control over them.  This particularly … Continue reading →

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Anarchism Is For Adults (Authority Is For Very Young Children)

Posted on 08/24/2012 by

Twice so far when I’ve decided during a job interview to introduce my opposition to having a boss, the person who was interviewing me (who was in both cases the “owner” of the company) has assumed condescendingly that my views … Continue reading →

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