The authoritarian personality is no longer the leader, it is the order that produces it

TL;DR

Authoritarianism is evolving beyond individual leaders to become a societal and cultural phenomenon, especially in Central America.
A culture of obedience, punishment, and impunity is normalizing, eroding democratic limits and weakening institutions.
Digitalization, economic precarity, and social insecurity create fertile ground for authoritarian narratives that offer simple certainties.
Elite convergence, including economic, political, and religious actors, shapes a new form of power that operates within the guise of democratic legality.
The risk is not an abrupt democratic rupture but a diffuse regime where moral legitimacy, social control, and opaque economies coexist under a veneer of normalcy.
Addressing this requires rebuilding pluralistic social structures, reactivating civic engagement, and critically examining how power is legitimized.

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