Wired for Authoritarianism combines historical analysis with an innovative conceptual analysis of the “wiring” of power, arguing that the Trump era has moved America from a long-standing, mainly covert authoritarian structure toward a more dominant and overt authoritarianism.
Written in the form of letters to the people rallying in the “resistance” for freedom and democracy, Charles Derber details elements of popular action to defeat the authoritarianism of President Trump and his allied corporate oligarchs.