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authoritarian government is a tautology
by esailija 7y ago
authoritarian government is a tautology
- hyperdunc 7y agoDifferent forms and examples of government exhibit relatively different levels of authoritarianism. Communist governments are invariably more authoritarian than liberal democracies.
- esailija 7y agoIf that's true then your comment still doesn't make sense. As there cannot be non-authoritarian government, calling a government authoritarian makes objectively no sense and is just meant to provoke emotions obviously.
- hyperdunc 7y agoAll government is authoritarian but not to an equivalent extent. From a liberal point of view the current Chinese government is relatively authoritarian, as evidenced by many things including recent examples of censorship.