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[–] JamesConeZone@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Notice you didn't name the United States which is just as authoritarian as modern Russia by any definition we choose (voting rights? participation in political process? allowed dissent? access to clean water? basic access to healthcare? food desserts? policies meant to keep people in poverty?). That's my point. It's an ethereal term unless properly defined.

We'll have to set Libya aside since after given "freedom," there are now literal slave traders everywhere.

[–] PvtGetSum@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don't particularly care as that wasn't my point. My point was to disagree with your comment prior which stated that authoritarian as a term was mainly used as a truncheon against communist nations in order to increase support for capitalism, which it isn't.

[–] UnicodeHamSic@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, but you doing that is unhelpful. It is confusing people because that is not a reasonable place to find criticism with the argument. Too much precision is not helpful in arguments and the CIA literally ran propaganda programs to get people to try to bog down any discussion of communism with meaningless minutiae. So, do better or something.

[–] PvtGetSum@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is helpful because it's not about having too much precision, he made a bullshit argument and I found it ridiculous.

[–] UnicodeHamSic@hexbear.net -1 points 1 year ago

Look at the replies? Was it really helpful? No. I am glad you found it emotionally validating but that is not reason enough do to all that.