PvtGetSum

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[–] PvtGetSum@lemm.ee 35 points 2 years ago (10 children)

I'm a socialist but the level of communism here gives me a headache. Wish I could block the whole hexbear instance

[–] PvtGetSum@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah cause I only comment when I think everyone's gonna agree with me

[–] PvtGetSum@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Didn't see but will keep in mind for the future, sorry and thank you for understanding

[–] PvtGetSum@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago (5 children)

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

[–] PvtGetSum@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I disagree but that at least would have been a better argument

[–] PvtGetSum@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I disagree and I don't appreciate people splitting hairs when very obviously it is not the case. Anyone can sit down and stare that "oh well this is authoritarian because if you don't pay your taxes you lose your home", and it's completely irrelevant to any legitimate conversation. There's a difference between the United States and Pol Pots Cambodia, and if you're gonna try to argue that they're the same then I'm done

[–] PvtGetSum@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (6 children)

God this is just like being in college again. You can't be serious, as you must understand the difference between using eminent domain vs a pogrom. Like maybe I'm being dramatic, but I think that the Uyghurs might be slightly more inconvenienced than someone who at worst is getting a paycheck in order to move their house. There's is a significant difference in how countries even go about implementing shit as well, as eminent domain in a modern democracy vs eminent domain in a authoritarian dictatorship could be executed radically differently.

[–] PvtGetSum@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (13 children)

Countries frequently have authoritarian tendencies without being overwhelmingly described as an authoritarian nation. When a nations primary mode of function is in authoritarian action it ceases to be a country I would consider something anyone should aim to emulate, which is why most people have problems with tankies and their support of the USSR or the CCP. It is fine to point at those countries and say "hey for all of their faults they managed to do X pretty well" but an entirely different thing to look at them and say "if only they came out on top, the world would be a much better place today".

[–] PvtGetSum@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (11 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.

[–] PvtGetSum@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (28 children)

What? The term authoritarian is thrown at non-communist/capitalist nations all the time. Syria, Nazi Germany, Libya, Franco's Spain, Modern Russia, and a million other instances. Authoritarian is a clearly defined term and is in no way exclusively applied to communist nations in almost any circles. It also happens to have been applied to most "communist" countries because most of them have been authoritarian

[–] PvtGetSum@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Idk why everyone hated that comment but I think it's smart

[–] PvtGetSum@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

My immediate thought lmfao

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