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?
Yes, I’m sure that European politicians just can’t wait to abolish the capitalist class. /s
Democratic socialism is just a tool to raise class consciousness, not the end goal itself. As soon as socialists have locked in 51% of the parliament, parliament will be dissolved by right wing forces and fascism will be organized to maintain existing class relations, as has happened in the Spanish Civil War, in the Finnish Civil War, in the '73 Chilean coup (with help from the CIA)