DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
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Zero news media criticizing the leader(s)
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Obsession with playing the National Anthem constantly in schools.
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Obsession with Pledges¹ or Flag Raising Ceremonies²
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Mandated Politically related Attires³
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Government involvement in family planning⁴
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Non-violent⁵ critique of leader(s) results in near certain police warning/harassments or detained/arrested
¹USA “Pledge of Allegiance”
²PRC, Flag-Raising Ceremony was done very frequently, I remember it being like either weekly or monthly
³PRC, the “Little Red Scarfs” that symbolizes “Communism”, I didn’t know what that meant at the time
⁴PRC: One Child Policy, forced abortions against the mother’s will, forced sterilizations; On the other side of the coin, in USA: Abortion bans and forced to continue an unwanted pregnancy
⁵PRC: “Xi should resign”; USA: anything Charlie Kirk related, Bald JD Vance memes, anything deemed “anti-ICE”
AA5B@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I don’t know about most of these - nationalism is not necessarily authoritarian. Maybe authoritarians frequently use nationalism as one of their tools to keep the population in line