Iran hangs homosexuals. Iran shot 30,000 people in less than than 2 weeks. The Soviet Union had to build a fucking Iron wall to prevent people from escaping. The Soviets lied about the Chernobyl nuclear explosion. China censors the internet. China wants to eliminate Islam. North Korea is a totalitarian hellscape. Watching anime is a crime.

Why is lemmy.ml so fascinated with authoritarians?

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[–] RondoRevolution@hexbear.net 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"Authoritarian" is a word that it's starting to get on my nerves, libs keep using it as some sort of gotcha all the time and it gets tiring. They refuse to read Engels' On Authority, and will just keep using it all the time.

The West has many flaws. But our flaws are nothing compared to these guys.

In other words: "We invaded, enslaved, slaughtered, destroyed, coup'd, bombed, genocided and SA'ed, but they did no such thing and like socialism a little too much on the other side so they are worse."

shinji-jokerfied I can't

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 19 points 1 week ago

Imo it's really a matter of the perception of domestic suppression and international imperialism. For both of them, us-foreign-policy applies.

[–] SootySootySoot@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago

"Authoritarianism"... which is a word I'm sure most Americans will have a coherent understanding of..