Líderes com traços de personalidade autoritária e as massas

Abstract

Freudian theory, since the 1920s, already dealt with the psychology of the masses and its influence on the subject and the way it relates to its leader. Brazil has already gone through a military dictatorship, and more recently it returned to elect a president linked to the armed forces. This bibliographical research aims to contribute to the debate on the conditions that lead a mass to subject themselves to leaders with authoritarian personalities and their influence on the population and on international geopolitical scenarios from a psychoanalytical reading on the subject. It was observed that leaders with authoritarian personality traits tend to have attributes that make them attractive to the masses, such as a strong sense of self-confidence, superiority and an authoritarian attitude, which create an air of confidence leading to a false sense of security, generating obedience and fear that allows them to control the population. It is necessary to disseminate more and more knowledge about this type of person, making it possible to recognize and identify them, preventing them from assuming leadership positions, as well as encouraging the population to fight for the guarantee of individual rights, human dignity, and above all, so that democracy is respected and protected.