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And now you understand that everything is politics. There is no avoiding it. The moment you begin to make any form of decision that affects more than yourself,
by aphextron 6y ago
And now you understand that everything is politics. There is no avoiding it. The moment you begin to make any form of decision that affects more than yourself, you are engaging in a political act. Ignoring this fact and doing things without political discussion is what we call authoritarianism.
- gnusty_gnurc 6y ago> Ignoring this fact and doing things without political discussion is what we call authoritarianism. This is a broad statement and makes me think of how readily people talk about "fascism" and "neo-nazis" nowadays with little regard to whether the people they're describing bear any relation to Mussolini or Hitler.
- aphextron 6y ago>This is a broad statement and makes me think of how readily people talk about "fascism" and "neo-nazis" nowadays with little regard to whether the people they're describing bear any relation to Mussolini or Hitler. Those were totalitarian states. Authoritarian is general term which can be used to describe any entity engaging in autocratic decision making.
- gnusty_gnurc 6y agoAt least in America, you don't have to be engaged in "political discussion" once you're elected. Or even before for that matter. You're responsible to the Constitution. Once you violate that you're arguably authoritarian. Blind submission to power without regard for protections against it...that's authoritarianism.