父亲是个严厉的专制主义者。

Father was a strict authoritarian.

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专制主义者利于人民愚昧，我们则利于人民聪明，我们要使一切人民都能逐渐地离开愚昧状态与不卫生的状态。

It is to the advantage of despots to keep people ignorant; it is to our advantage to make them intelligent. We must lead all of them gradually from ignorance.

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此外，专制型管理者们还相信，对于一个“老板”而言，如果他们采取相对温和的方式，雇员们将会“不再服从管理”，因为温和的管理风格将被看作软弱的象征。

They think in terms of being a "boss." Autocrats also believe that if they take the softer approach, employees will take advantage.

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