• friendlymessage
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    18 days ago

    That’s just bullshit. Authoritarianism has a clear-cut definition that goes beyond “the government has authority on legal violence” and you know it.

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      18 days ago

      This isn’t reddit, please be respectful when disagreeing. You’re not going to win any converts by alienating people.

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        18 days ago

        Why didn’t you apply that critique to this:

        thoritarianism is a meaningless term that people with lack of capacity for rational thought regurgitate

        Did you simply not notice the alienating language there, because you agreed with the sentiment?

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        18 days ago

        I’m not gonna waste my time. Any definition I would provide you would dismiss as “western propaganda” anyway.