Authoritarianism

These constituencies as may be opposed to the government fall into basically two categories, as those which are at the top of the class structure and those toward the bottom. Those at the top, may attempt to control the government for their own advantage, so as to maintain or increase their superior advantage. Those toward the bottom in general may tend to support systems of hierarchy, even though they may be angry and resentful that they themselves are not on the top. Because they themselves are elitist minorities, believing that they and the philosophy they espouse is superior, when needing someone to blame, for their inferior social status cannot blame the system itself, nor the benefactors of that system, but have a propensity to scapegoat others for their lesser status, usually those below them, in which the inferior as opposed to superior is the root of all evil. Some of the forms that these groups take are nationalism and patriot, paramilitary, religious, cult, or what may be called hate groups.

The nature of Capitalism and free enterprise, where the motive and incentive is profit, is hierarchal, elitist at the top, and thus by its constitution is Right Wing. The individual owners and managers of economic enterprise may prefer less government, as less taxes and regulations concerning working conditions for employees, wages and benefits, safety regulations and controls on unsafe materials, or anything that may interfere with the creation of profit. The owners and stock holders of capitalist enterprises accumulate wealth, power and elitist status as opposed to the worker employees.

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