Takin’ It To The Streets
GAINESVILLE, Ga. / May 5, 2010 – The ink was barely dry on Arizona’s new
immigration laws when thousands of Americans nationwide took to the streets
in protest of the act. Will their voices fall on deaf ears? The president
says the law is unconstitutional, but legislators and would-be governors
in several other states are eyeing similar measures. Researchers at the
Georgia-based Socionomics Institute say laws like Arizona’s are just a taste
of things to come – and eventually we’ll all stop protesting and knuckle
under. In a groundbreaking study on authoritarianism, researcher Alan Hall
shows that social mood eventually leads people to see government’s attempts
to assert power over individuals as normal. In addition to examining the
factors that brought dictators such as Mao Zedong, Pol Pot and Adolf Hitler
to power, Hall makes a chilling forecast. The coming years, he says, will
see “the appearance of severe authoritarian regimes worldwide.” Is the U.S.
on that list?
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About The Socionomics Institute
The Socionomics Institute, based in Gainesville, Ga., studies social mood
and its role in driving cultural trends. The Institute’s analysis is published
in the monthly research review, The Socionomist. Learn more at
www.socionomics.net.
Note to Media: For copies of studies or to arrange an interview with a researcher from the Socionomics Institute, contact Alexandra Lienhard at (770) 536-0309, alexandral@socionomics.net.
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