Comment on Personalized Political Spectrum

• thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  authoritarianism is when the government that has real control over things that matter does it. when a private citizen kicks you out of their club it’s just called a disagreement.

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  • Riverside@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    authoritarianism is when the government

    Incredibly uneducated again. Authority is not only when government. Your boss dictating what you do under threat of unemployment is a strong form of authority prevalent in modern society that didn’t exist in the so-called “authoritarian socialist” governments.

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    • thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      it’s more about power balance. a mod on a forum has no real meaningful power over anything that matters.

      “the government” is too narrow of a term, but it does need to be a person with power and control over others. right now corporations are the real centers of power in this world. they are largely authoritarian.

      people saying they don’t want to hang out with you is not that.

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      • Riverside@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        a mod on a forum has no real meaningful power over anything that matters

        Fully agreed, just portraying their hypocrisy.

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  • deathmetaldawgy@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Every successful country has to express some level of Authority to maintain its existence. Especially the USSR which, you know, defeated Nazi Germany almost single handedly. Was that them being “tankies”?

    Another example, Vietnam would look like Gaza city if they didn’t express authority. Same with DPRK aka “north Korea “

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    • Mulligrubs@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      NOBODY is more Tankie than Stalin and the T-34

      But “almost single-handedly?” Come on now, don’t be silly

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