This is for sure true. Power corrupts but it also attracts corrupted people. Hierarchical authorities are resistant to enacting consequences on authority figures because in the mind of the authoritarian that would undermine their authority. So for the good of the organization many people within it believe they must hide evidence of wrongdoing. Plenty more within the organization will justify it as the fault of the weaker party.
Most cults of authority are like this and will inevitably produce heinous abuses that multiply in scale in response to how much influence, protection and power in society they have.
Jehovah’s witnesses, The Amish, Haredi, and Mormon church benefit from The American government’s structural deference to white-coded religious authority. Other cults also take advantage of this like Scientology, Adventists, the military, and political parties.
This is for sure true. Power corrupts but it also attracts corrupted people. Hierarchical authorities are resistant to enacting consequences on authority figures because in the mind of the authoritarian that would undermine their authority. So for the good of the organization many people within it believe they must hide evidence of wrongdoing. Plenty more within the organization will justify it as the fault of the weaker party.
Most cults of authority are like this and will inevitably produce heinous abuses that multiply in scale in response to how much influence, protection and power in society they have.
Jehovah’s witnesses, The Amish, Haredi, and Mormon church benefit from The American government’s structural deference to white-coded religious authority. Other cults also take advantage of this like Scientology, Adventists, the military, and political parties.