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The term has been irrevocably poisoned not because it is associated with authoritarian states but because it reliably leads to them.
by hirundo 6y ago
The term has been irrevocably poisoned not because it is associated with authoritarian states but because it reliably leads to them.
- jolux 6y agoSure, good enough for me. I don't want that situation, but it's not inherent in left ideology. I'm more of a strong social democrat with market socialist/anarchist tendencies.
- jahaja 6y agoDon't revise history, those authoritarian states started out authoritarian from the get go. There were no "decline" into authoritarianism because of some inherent force in socialism.