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Every state is going to be authoritarian, if I had to choose I personally prefer a workers dictatorship to a dictatorship of capital.
Ummm..... Any source other than: "trust me"?
you're asking for a 'source' on a foundational axiom of political theory. do you want a source for 'all governments have laws' too?
a state is defined by its monopoly on violence, enforcing that is inherently authoritarian.
switzerland has police, prisons, borders and is structured around protection of capital and property rights.
'democracy' under capitalism reflects the interests and prejudices of those with property. it is plenty authoritarian if you are not in that class.
After this comment, I don't believe we hold the same definition for "authoritarian", and doing mini research, yeah... I don't think we could come to an understanding, have a good day!
mine is an anarchist one, I would like to imagine that after a year on an anarchist instance you would at least have some understanding, but maybe i'm just too hopeful