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?

  • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
    53·
    14 hours ago

    What does that even mean, in practice? Without analyzing authority’s class character, it’s meaningless. I’d argue that countries like the US and European ciuntries where a tiny number of capitalists control authority are worse than socialist countries where the broad working classes control authority.

    • Maeve@kbin.earth
      3·
      12 hours ago

      Exactly. Rosa was almost right about not moving and not noticing chains (and we can’t fault her too much as her statement was made by observing 3D conditions during her time), but as situations d/evolve, chains will necessarily tighten as scarcity, real or imagined, to maintain some sort of order. It becomes a question of who you allow to yank your chains, the supergreedy who want the very few to have extravagances and opulance at the expense of the bulk of the rest of society, or those who would at least attempt economic planning and distribution so that fewer die of illness, disease, hunger and thirst, unnecessary war.