• Maeve@kbin.earth
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      8 hours ago

      China is quite possibly less authoritarian than Western governments. All states have and use authority. Better it’s used for the citizens’ housing, health, food, transportation needs than Elon and Bezos.

      Edit: also while discussing authoritarianism, perhaps check the thread title and read the article. This is what Western authoritianism is for and spends.

      • TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca
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        8 hours ago

        Authoritarianism is when people are allowed to petition the government with their grievances

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          7 hours ago

          Way to deliberately miss the point. The point is ethnonationalism and genocide and apologia/encouragement.

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            3 hours ago

            Yes China does all of those things. Really awesome to see you’ve challenged your own flawed reality so quickly 😄