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What does authoritarian even mean to these people?
the transgender people banned me
Authoritarian = When countries I don't like have laws
I've never heard it described so simply, so succinctly, so beautifully
Authoritarianism is when we stop fascists from lynching trans people. Freedom is when we say "I don't agree with the fascists openly planning how to kill me but if I protest then liberals will stop supporting me so I'll just try and ignore them"
It's vibes based as usual, so something like "thing I disagree with"
I think it's just "when country I don't like". I really don't think there's anything to it at all.
They genuinely think every socialist state relies on concentration camps, including modern China.
Authoritarian is when countries try to undermine the dollar or seek alternatives
Freedom is when your country allows fascist websites and has child detention centers
That can't be it though, because the US prisons are objectively concentration camps, and these idiots love making excuses for the US
They would say every criminal deserves to be there and we need to be putting all the homeless in prisons too
It's extremely common for burgers to think that literally everyone who lives in AES countries - except for members of the ruling party - are slaves.
we are not content to just vooooote
Try to tell them that the US government is authoritarian and you will find out what they think it means real quick lol.