Try posting more than a short line of dismissive cynicism that can be interpreted any number of ways next time. And in the context of the comment you're replyin

Try posting more than a short line of dismissive cynicism that can be interpreted any number of ways next time. And in the context of the comment you're replying to, "drawing an equivalence between totalitarianism and Western democracy (whether that's "democracy" or not)" is very much the common meaning. If you intended to say something else with more nuance then you should have said something else with more nuance. I do my best to give the best possible interpretations to what people are saying, but don't expect people to bend over backwards to tease out a good faith interpretation of such brief and dismissive comments. You reap what you sow.