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?

  • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
    114·
    4 days ago

    Socialism hasn’t failed. The soviet union may no longer be here, but socialism still is a working mode of production. The problems of capitalism are entirely different from those found in socialist countries.

    • SeptugenarianSenate@leminal.space
      11·
      4 days ago

      I think categorically different but not entirely different problems. Power players a.k.a. bad actors could in theory infiltrate any hierarchy over long enough time (dependent on their level of duplicity, awareness, steps ahead, or dedication possessed by a given individual/group)

      • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
        51·
        4 days ago

        The profit motive as the driving force of capitalism selects for those best able to seek it, creating corruption. Administration isn’t a problem inherently, and people aren’t supernaturally good or evil. It’s perfectly possible to create a system that includes recall elections and other measures to help combat corruption in socialism (and these features exist in socialist states already).