• ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    At a distance they sound communist, but the rigid caste system and ruling class make it very authoritarian.

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          1 month ago

          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.

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      1 month ago

      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”

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        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.