I need help to understand these sentences.Thank you.
"Thus,in this explanation the subject merges his unique personality and personal and moral code with that of larger institutional structures,surrendering individual properties like loyalty,self-sacrifice and discipline to the service of malevolent systems of authority."
Judging from the sentences above,can I say that in a sociological explanation,personal values are more powerful than authority?
So， in a sociological explanation,personal values are more powerful than authority.Is the saying ture or false,please?

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I need help to understand these sentences.Thank you. 
"Thus,in this explanation the subject merges his unique personality and personal and moral code with that of larger institutional structures,surrendering individual properties like loyalty,self-sacrifice and discipline to the service of malevolent systems of authority." 
Judging from the sentences above,can I say that in a sociological explanation,personal values are more powerful than authority? 
So， in a sociological explanation,personal values are more powerful than authority.Is the saying ture or false,please?

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Sounds like an explanation of the Communist Party.
It states that the individual gives up his personal power and authority, and merges his ideals with that of the larger authority, i.e the Communist Party. This happens not only in China, but can happen anywhere and in any situation. I've seen it a hundred times.

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In America personal values have historically been more powerful than authority, but that is not true everywhere. I think that's a matter of opinion more than fact.

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