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peoplebeproblems@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

You seem to be upset. And you might be a hostile NPC. I might be a hostile NPC, and you might be the only player in the fediverse.

It seems my hollow quip had more bite to it that anticipated?

And that was much more fun to write out wasn’t it?

But, if you want a response I’ll humor the bit I’m interested in: Authoritarian.

Obviously we could use the dictionary definition of the world (I’m not going to bother looking it up right now, it’s something similar to: ‘favoring absolute obedience to authority’). Russia, Iran, China. Textbook definitions of Authoritarian government.

Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Trump, Putin, Netenyahu (however the fuck you spell his name), the Ayatollah of Iran, Winnie the Pooh of China, these are all authoritarians. Support of these regimes is therefore favoring absolute obedience to authority. Pretty simple IMO

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ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

u mad bro?

Now who’s unserious

Russia, Iran, China. Textbook definitions of Authoritarian government.

So authoritarianism is when designated state enemy that the US wants to bomb. Refreshingly honest for someone who probably wouldn’t admit to being an American jingoist otherwise. No but for real, tell me a definition, not examples. You do know what words mean, right?

Winnie the Pooh

Cool racism bro

Netanyahu

Who did you vote for this past election?

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- peoplebeproblems@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Thank you for confirming you are, in fact, a Chinese nationalist.
  
  I don’t even need to highlight exactly how I know, you are well aware. You don’t have a choice, and I understand that. I also understand that you literally cannot let this go, as you have been trained not to. To let it go would bring harm to the Party.
  
  And I literally did give you the definition, but your cognitive dissonance seems to have ignored it entirely. After giving you the definition, I gave you present day examples.
  
  If you need more definitions, I can gladly oblige. I don’t need to look up the definition of Authority: "The power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge. "
  
  So therefore, an authoritarian is one who favors absolute obedience to those who have power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge.
  
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  - ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I> don’t even need to highlight exactly how I know, you are well aware. You don’t have a choice, and I understand that. I also understand that you literally cannot let this go, as you have been trained not to. To let it go would bring harm to the Party.
    
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    peoplebeproblems@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Hey, it’s not my fault Xi jinping has such a fragile ego he tries to shift it to y’all.
    
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