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One weakness of the authoritarian personality explanation is, many Nazi’s obeyed during the holocaust and through WW2. This explanation would claim that they all have the same personality which is not true. Therefore, this weakens the explanation as it shows that you don’t need an authoritarian personality to display high levels of obedience. 

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