Many people on lemmy.ml deeply respect and admire authoritarian governments and organizations.
Iran, China, North Korea, Soviet Union…
The West has many flaws. But our flaws are nothing compared to these guys.
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?
Hmm I can’t say I have the same experience, but perhaps I did not dig down deep enough during those conversations into their relationships with their parents.
It always seemed to me the difference between an authoritarian and a non-authoritarian socialist/communist was based on their view of other people: the authoritarians I spoke with usually regarded people as flawed and in need of guidance, whereas non-authoritarians seemed to believe people are inherently good but corrupted.
What do you mean by “non-authoritarian?” Are you speaking of a divide between Marxists and anarchists, or something more vague?
yea I was trying to say anarchist without saying anarchist :)
Authoritarian communists vs libertarian communists – but the libertarian there tripped me up into a state of doubt. Marxists vs anarchists could’ve done as well, but it might not necessarily be linked to communism or socialism at all, and just saying something about the nature or cause of authoritarianism, hence the dumbing down to non-authoritarian.
So is authoritarianism the presence of having a state, even in a temporary form, in your eyes?
most people’s primary problem with other people is that they are not themselves.