Imposing people are not born, they are thus made, there is no biological or physiological gene or trait that induces to be authoritarian, that tendency or need to control others is transmitted culturally in an integral way, first by the environment, then by the family nucleus.
What makes people impose is, on the one hand, a system of values and, on the other hand, a set of personality traits. The authoritarian doesn’t think he has a problem. On the contrary, in general he thinks that his way of acting is laudable, so his gaps and psychological conflicts reaffirm him in his office.
- “There is no crueler tyranny than that perpetuated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.
- -Montesquieu-.
This way of being and feeling harms the imposing, but also its surroundings, prevents creativity, stops progress and change, feeds unhealthy forms of communication and makes human relations a constant conflict, which sometimes erupts and sometimes becomes heavy and boring. Tension.
Imposing people do not always present this trait at the same level, there are some that are more, others less. The spectrum ranges from those who tend to control to those who are absolutely sadistic. It is clear that we are talking about sadism in the generic sense and not in its sexual aspect.
However, all imposing people have certain characteristics in common, although with different intensities, the main ones are:
Statutory people like hierarchical institutions, especially if they have some superiority over others, they like to control the behavior of others. If they come to violence, don’t they feel guilty, do they feel justified by a “superior good” as “for the good of the company”?Or for welfare? Someone.
Not all authoritarians behave the same way, so a classification has been created that allows you to group existing variants. There are four main types of imposing people, which are:
Unlike psychopaths or antisocials, imposing or authoritarian people are not indifferent to the harm they can do to others, they behave as vigilantes or guardians of morality, good customs or a belief system, they are the typical censor who wants to look, approve or disapprove and punish if there is no obedience.
Is there any way to stop being imposing? What these types of people need is a process of “re-fattening”, that is, that what needs to change in them is essentially their system of values, they must understand that respect and tolerance are virtues of the highest value, they must also look inward and admit that it is their fears and emptiness that make them want to impose themselves on others.