While it is an interesting discussion to have about if certain places that claimed to be communist/democratic/whatever actually being so or whatnot, I will still stand by my statement that communism can be paired with authoritarianism, and there have at least been some countries that claimed to be communist that were quite authoritarian.
Needs some reading up on political theory to understand, which is a dry subject matter. So the social sites have people calling even monarchies fascism, but it ain’t the same.
EDIT: Ugh literally the comment next to yours is like “If it HaS a LeaDeR It’S faScISm”
I was always under the impression the Tau were communists, not fascists. The real fascists are the Imperium of Man.
At a distance they sound communist, but the rigid caste system and ruling class make it very authoritarian.
Boy do I have some news for you about irl communist countries
Beat me to it. Lol!
You do? Did you find one that communists agree is actually communist?
While it is an interesting discussion to have about if certain places that claimed to be communist/democratic/whatever actually being so or whatnot, I will still stand by my statement that communism can be paired with authoritarianism, and there have at least been some countries that claimed to be communist that were quite authoritarian.
Authoritarian != fascist
Needs some reading up on political theory to understand, which is a dry subject matter. So the social sites have people calling even monarchies fascism, but it ain’t the same.
EDIT: Ugh literally the comment next to yours is like “If it HaS a LeaDeR It’S faScISm”
That’s a fine academic point, it doesn’t matter in practice. It’s like arguing a shit sandwich is better with piss on it.
Anything with a supreme unquestionable leader is indistinguishable from fascism.
Fascism is a type of dictatorship. That means not all dictatorships are fascist.
I believe there’s a Dr. Seuss quote about this, somewhere out there.
Is it Red Fish Blue Fish 1 Fish 2 Fish?
Nah, he had lots to say about fascists
https://forgottenfiles.substack.com/p/seusss-satirical-war-on-fascism
Hang on, is this going to devolve into communist dictatorship apologia by the way of “America Bad” whataboutism?
Nah, he wasn’t that far left. He just hated American Nazi collaborators. Believe it or not, there were a lot of them in the US during WW2.
Okay but tf does that have to do with there not being any real differences between types of autocracy?