GhostPain@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s a meaningless term with a non-definition definition. Like that old definition of porn… “I can’t tell you what it is but I know it when I see it”.
Usually used as a way to paint the enemy as “bad”. Except it’s almost always a pot/kettle situation.
Every regime of any kind has laws and rules that are flouted by the ruling classes.
Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Oh. So authoritarianism isnt real?
GhostPain@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I mean it’s real within the context of being used as a term to somehow castigate your enemies for the exact same things you do. And by “you” I mean all governments.
Notice it’s usually the West calling Socialist or Muslim states “authoritarian”?
Same with them throwing around “dictator” when that leader was democratically elected.
I’m not gonna debate this because obviously I’ve struck a nerve with some people, and I find the topic boring, but just wanted to let you know that propaganda reaches deep and some folks are uncomfortable with knowing they licked the boot, even unknowingly.
Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
So all governments are the same, right?