Fromm outlined three of the most common escape mechanisms : automaton conformity, authoritarianism, and destructiveness . " Automaton conformity " is changing one's ideal self to conform to a perception of society's preferred type of personality, losing one's true self in the process . " Automaton conformity " displaces the burden of choice from self to society . " Authoritarianism " is giving control of oneself to another.
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Fromm outlined three of the most common escape mechanisms : automaton conformity, authoritarianism, and destructiveness . " Automaton conformity " is changing one's ideal self to conform to a perception of society's preferred type of personality, losing one's true self in the process . " Automaton conformity " displaces the burden of choice from self to society . " Authoritarianism " is giving control of oneself to another.
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Fromm outlined three of the most common escape mechanisms : automaton conformity, authoritarianism, and destructiveness . " Automaton conformity " is changing one's ideal self to conform to a perception of society's preferred type of personality, losing one's true self in the process . " Automaton conformity " displaces the burden of choice from self to society . " Authoritarianism " is giving control of oneself to another.