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You can't be authoritarian if you have no authority over others. The NAACP can't force Musk to do anything. Using collective action to achieve social goals is c

by cmh89 4y ago

You can't be authoritarian if you have no authority over others. The NAACP can't force Musk to do anything. Using collective action to achieve social goals is called democracy. You should take some time to learn about that before rambling about Stalin.

somenameforme 4y ago
A system where laws or representatives (who vote on laws) are freely voted on, is called democracy. Tiny groups of self interested individuals imposing their will on others not only has nothing to do with democracy, but is ideologically contrary to everything that democracy stands for. In times past our society was much more decentralized and so literally killing or physically intimidating people was really the only way to try to overtly impose yourself on others. Today, you can make it impossible for people to be able to openly communicate, destroy their businesses or ability to earn a livelihood, and basically just destroy their lives. Many have even been driven to suicide. And this can all be done safely from a distance and without ever resorting to anything even remotely illegal. It's an authoritarian's dream scenario. What you may not appreciate is that authoritarians don't think themselves the bad guys just trying to maliciously impose their will on everybody. They, of course, always think they're creating a better world. This [1] is the Fascist Manifesto, which was the initial public doctrine upon which literal Fascism was framed in. You might find you agree with most ideas there. I do as well. The reason Fascism came to be seen as little more than a slur is not because of their stated views, but because of their actions and behaviors. So too today. The small minority of people running around trying to censor people, get them fired, destroy their businesses, and just generally cause chaos unless you conform are not going to be go down on the proverbial "right side of history" even if their ideas, on paper, might be perfectly great. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascist_Manifesto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascist_Manifesto

by cmh89 4y ago

somenameforme 4y ago

A system where laws or representatives (who vote on laws) are freely voted on, is called democracy. Tiny groups of self interested individuals imposing their will on others not only has nothing to do with democracy, but is ideologically contrary to everything that democracy stands for. In times past our society was much more decentralized and so literally killing or physically intimidating people was really the only way to try to overtly impose yourself on others. Today, you can make it impossible for people to be able to openly communicate, destroy their businesses or ability to earn a livelihood, and basically just destroy their lives. Many have even been driven to suicide. And this can all be done safely from a distance and without ever resorting to anything even remotely illegal. It's an authoritarian's dream scenario. What you may not appreciate is that authoritarians don't think themselves the bad guys just trying to maliciously impose their will on everybody. They, of course, always think they're creating a better world. This [1] is the Fascist Manifesto, which was the initial public doctrine upon which literal Fascism was framed in. You might find you agree with most ideas there. I do as well. The reason Fascism came to be seen as little more than a slur is not because of their stated views, but because of their actions and behaviors. So too today. The small minority of people running around trying to censor people, get them fired, destroy their businesses, and just generally cause chaos unless you conform are not going to be go down on the proverbial "right side of history" even if their ideas, on paper, might be perfectly great. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascist_Manifesto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascist_Manifesto