Oh, I thought you were just using it generically rather than as a technical term. Actually I also didn’t know it had a follower aspect to it.

I do like how Adorno tested for it by way of inference, giving people tests on how they would raise a child to reveal their preferences for fascist rules. Very clever.

I think there’s a part in “Minima moralia: Reflections on a damaged life” where he discusses his school bullies, and their obsession with navy tattoos which suggests a certain Authoritarian personality was sweeping Germany at the time. I guess that’s like Trump supporters today when they go all Karen, or how there’s a rise in rightwing views in young men.