• ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM
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    1 month ago

    Authoritarianism is a meaningless term that people with lack of capacity for rational thought regurgitate. Every single government holds authority by virtue of having the monopoly on legal violence. The only question is whose interest the authority is exercised in.

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      1 month 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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        1 month 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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          1 month 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?