The basic principle of authoritarianism is that the masses of mankind are viewed as incapable of determining or developing their own criteria of truth and value. Accordingly, the masses cannot effectively govern themselves but must place their faith in the wisdom and the authority of the few highly selected individuals who by their very competence are fitted to comprise the ruling class. Similarly, the masses cannot effectively seek or find the truth, thus they must appeal to authority. Since they are incompetent to determine what is right, they must ask who is right. In this article the author discusses the evils of authoritarianism and how it has been practiced in today's educational system. In reality, the modern society do not really have a democratic system of education. However, many do not know of this because they do not have an idea of the real meaning of democracy. As such, it is important that today's children and youth be taught of the ideology of democracy so that they may become immune to the authoritarian propaganda in the future.