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WACHA GON DO WHEN THESE 26 INCH ANACONDAS GRAB AROUND YA?

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Flakesbonglers evergreen meme

Uyghur people at least did go to a reeducation camp but what happened with them is not what they think and the government had a real reason to waste resources on that, to contain terrorism and the "genocide" have more """""documentation""""(written by the same fucking weirdo) so I can understand people falling for this shit.

Yeah exactly. Honestly wish people knew what happened instead of the propaganda, because I'd love to see it treated like a case study. It should have been seen as a novel data point when it comes to public policy about curtailing religious radicalisation. Instead it became a redditism written by a man "on a mission from god to crush communism".

I will defend China because it's doing good. It has lifted 100s of millions out of poverty.nit is the only country that is on track to hit the goals set by the Paris climate agreement - many years ahead of schedule. It invests heavily in public infrastructure, to the good of the people. It has become a fantastic producer of solar energy panels, which will be needed to ensure a livable future - in fact China does so many wonders in the fields of climate science, energy production and so much more. It has one of the best democratic systems I have ever seen - and that shows in the belief its citizens have in the democratic processes of China. It is one of the only countries that has taken Big Tech seriously - curtailing it rather than letting it foment genocides and spread misinformation. It is the only country that actually makes billionaires answer to the law. It has made great strides with it's anti-corruption campaigns as well, something I wish I would see elsewhere.The critiques I have of the nation are likewise being rectified. LGBTQ rights are constantly being expanded for example.

Why do you assume support of a country is contingent on how one feels about another country?

I don't hate the US because of anything to do with China. I hate the US because of what the US is and does.

You have a very simplistic worldview.

There's like a whole Disney world ride with him in china lol. This has been the weirdest lie every dumbass buys, right next to "le Chinese bots" as if the "biggest reddit city" wasn't a US military base.It's always funny being accused of "falling for Chinese propaganda" by someone who unironically believes Winnie The Pooh stories. Or Uyghur stories for that sake, though I can lend them a little more patience, since you have to read a little bit of the "report" to realise it.

both are shit

This is the least nuanced take available and is just rhetorical cover for "status quo good"

These are just two different models of authoritarism.

There are four different models presented. Thank you for putting this first so I know not to waste my time reading the rest.

Looking up descriptions online will have people saying all sorts of shit because the actual meaning of authoritarianism is just every state.

Authoritarianism is a political system characterized by the rejection of political plurality, the use of strong central power to preserve the political status quo, and reductions in democracy, separation of powers, civil liberties, and the rule of law. Authoritarian regimes may be either autocratic or oligarchic and may be based upon the rule of a party, the military, or the concentration of power in a single person.

-WikipediaA funny thing about Wikipedias short description here means a state without democratic institutions isn't necessarily authoritarian, since it is not moving away from them, they just don't exist within it. Also under this definition the US isn't authoritarian, since it is not based upon the rule of a party, but two parties.

Authoritarianism, in politics and government, the blind submission to authority and the repression of individual freedom of thought and action. Authoritarian regimes are systems of government that have no established mechanism for the transfer of executive power and do not afford their citizens civil liberties or political rights. Power is concentrated in the hands of a single leader or a small elite, whose decisions are taken without regard for the will of the people. The term authoritarianism is often used to denote any form of government that is not democratic, but studies have demonstrated that there is a great deal of variation in authoritarian rule.

-Britannica"Submission to authority" will appear in the next (and last) source as well. What does it mean? No clue, they don't define it.

Pretty based of Britannica to support the DPRK though - considering the DPRK does

Have a system for the transfer of executive power
Does afford it's citizens political rights and civil liberties. (Without getting into all the propaganda about North Korea, even within the western liberals propaganda apparatus it cannot be denied that the DPRK does afford it's citizens *some rights and liberties. How many and to what extent and which ones specifically? Doesn't matter)

Power is concentrated in the hands of a single leader or a small elite, whose decisions are taken without regard for the will of the people.

Okay so every government with a parliamentary system and a low approval rating then?

The term authoritarianism is often used to denote any form of government that is not democratic, but studies have demonstrated that there is a great deal of variation in authoritarian rule.

I wonder why there is such a variation? Could it be because the concept is flawed? No! It must be because

Authoritarianism: The belief that people must obey completely and not be allowed freedom to act as they wish

-Cambridge dictionaryApparently it's just... A belief system and not actually about how a state enforces itself? Doesn't this make every "vote blue no matter who!" lib an authoritarian? Abolish bedtimes I guess, since that is a belief children should obey the authority of their parents. Abolish homework as well.

Authoritarianism: of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority [OR] of, relating to, or favoring a concentration of power in a leader or an elite not constitutionally responsible to the people

-Merriam-WebsterThe second definition is perhaps the best one available, though it is kind of yank-brained. The UK doesn't have a constitution. It is authoritarian, yes, but not because of a lack of a legal document. It also decries the concentration of power, so that would be every centralised state apparatus.And what does "constitutionally representative to the people" even mean? Does this not also require the constitution continually is changed as the will of the people changes? I agree that would be a good thing, but that would mean most governments are authoritarian, considering how many have constitutions with bits that leave them excempt from responsibility to "the people".Finally this definition doesn't actually care about what the government does, just that it is not constitutionally beholden to "the will of the people

Weird how they ignored the 50%+ of the population that fit into the segment of "not voter" and instead decided to focus on

People who used to vote
Swing voters
Also swing voters

And also a large part of group 1 probably fit into the segment of people being anti-genocide

Gonna repost myself but authoritarianism is difficult for libs to define because any serious understanding of the concept reveals it to be a tool for propaganda rather than understanding politics

I suppose they're correct in that analysis if you narrow in "voter" to mean "person who was split between which party to vote for, but. they're definitely going to vote no matter what and also they do not care about foreign policy or most domestic policy" which I suppose at this point is more or less whatever remains of their electorate

Too bad you got banned, I would've loved to see your sources for your claims. Putin isn't some cartoon villain, scheming to take over the world. Ive not seen him Daydream about invading any country in Europe - though I've seen plenty articles fearmongering baselessly about it.Regarding wars that involve Russia I'd love to have heard your reductive reasoning for why they happened. But you got banned because you couldn't keep from saying some really heinous shit. Odd how often that happens

Propaganda is when you say things. Unbiased facts is when I say things. Smh all these people falling for russian propaganda, I would never fall for propaganda which is why I parrot whatever the us state department says - I make sure to preempt it with "us bad too though" so that means I'm the cleverest little boy around. Two things can be true, Occam's razor, no true Scotsman, appeal to authority fallacy

What are you trying to say? That the many documented breaches of Minsk 1 and 2 didn't happen, that Azov battalion didn't get integrated into the military and government, or that observing the events that led to war is propaganda?

If Putin said that grass is green, then that doesn't suddenly make it purple.

I think you need to consider that you yourself are not immune to propaganda and your idea of what propaganda is; how it disseminates; what purpose it serves; and who the largest purveyors of it is in the west is lacking.

Apart from what everyone else has provided you, this comment has a lot of great and interesting sources to improve your reading

The "invasion" began in 2014 when the US orchestrated a hostile takeover of the Ukrainian government. It was then continued with several years of the nazis in Ukraine bombing the Donbass, breaching two peace treaties. Russia then responded to that agression, which one can think a lot of things about. The "invasion" was the US-coup-government of Ukraine invading the Donbass.

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