High RWA Followers — Conformity Leading to Extremism

What distinguishes “High Right-Wing Authoritarian Followers (RHAs)” from average RWAs are three propensities: First, an unquestioning obedience to what authority figures pronounce is “right.” Second, High RWAs tend to get self-righteously aggressive in protecting what, as they’re trolled into seeing, is “writ.” Third, High RWA Followers have a higher than normal desire to be seen as conventional. High RWAs just want to “fit-in.” Don’t want to stand outside of the crowd. That’s why we seldom get people who are High RWA Followers who will say “sorry” or admit that they were wrong.

Source: Disinfolklore as War Magic

The paradox that the most “conventional” people — those who most want to fit in — become the most extreme when their authority figures shift the Overton window. The desire for conformity does not produce moderation; it produces extremism that tracks whatever the authority figure declares “right.” High RWA Followers do not resolve the contradiction; they conform to the authority figure who embodies it.

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