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"regime" just means government. You are taking common associations and turning them into hard and fast rules when they aren't. "Biden regime" was a completely a

"regime" just means government. You are taking common associations and turning them into hard and fast rules when they aren't. "Biden regime" was a completely accurate (and frequently used) description of the last administration (and almost every other preceding administration). As for your second sentence, while it is often dramatically overstated, I think that Trump having authoritarian tendencies is pretty obviously true. The extent to which he has successfully instantiated those tendencies is up for considerable debate. I think the answer is probably not "not at all". In case it needs to be said, I think that almost every modern presidency has, (to quite varying extents) had some amount of authoritarian tendencies, in the sense that they have all sought to increase the unchecked power of the executive branch at the expense of both the other two branches, and the rights of the populace. I think Trump would, were he able, pretty dramatically extend this trend, but he won't have started it, and it remains to be seen how much farther he succeeds at going than other recent presidents.

nailer 2y ago
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- sanderjd 2y ago
  Nothing you pasted here suggests that those attributes are required for the definition of "authoritarian regime", it is just a characterization of "the most notable authoritarian regimes" as it itself says in the text.
  - nailer 2y ago
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    - sanderjd 2y ago
      You're right that most people in this thread are likely native english speakers, but that just means that we can understand that the weird narrow read of the words "authoritarian regime" is silly and, based on other comments you've made, very likely just you being purposely obtuse for partisan reasons.
      - nailer 2y ago
        I’m not sure why you feel the need to respond to me on multiple threads. As mentioned elsewhere, I am not the source of the common meaning of the term, I do not edit the encyclopaedia, the newspapers, take the photos or anything else you will see on the front page of Google when you search for “authoritarian regime”. You know what an authoritarian regime commonly means, and you know what you were trying to do, and you just don’t like being called on it. Someone is indeed using HN for partisan advocacy and we both know it’s you.
        fc417fc802 2y ago
        > I am not the source of the common meaning of the term, The accuracy of your claim regarding common meaning is being disputed. You might notice that well over half of the quote you pasted from Britannica is referring to totalitarian, not authoritarian, regimes. Nowhere does it say anything like "the term authoritarian regime is commonly taken to imply".
        nailer 2y ago
        As mentioned, the most notable examples all conform to the common definition as does every other result on the front page of Google for the term. You are welcome to dispute all of them if you want to, but I’m not going to spend time on it. You are using hyperbole at best and simply lying at worst and you know this. You can jump on any English language search engine, discover what the common meaning of the term ‘authoritarian regime’ is and reflect which behaviour you’re involved in. Bing produces a very nice summary for the term which also doesn’t describe the US government. You can read that and argue with it if you like. Here’s Oxford, also from the front page of bing: https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/41327/chapter/352327108 https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/41327/chapter/3523271... > Authoritarian regimes must be distinguished from “authoritarianism,” which is a significantly broader concept Which accurately reflects the OP attempting to reduce what they wrote earlier : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43412541 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43412541 and also this person: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43416052 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43416052 I’m not spending any more time on this thread. Pigs, mud.

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sanderjd 2y ago
Nothing you pasted here suggests that those attributes are required for the definition of "authoritarian regime", it is just a characterization of "the most notable authoritarian regimes" as it itself says in the text.
- nailer 2y ago
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  - sanderjd 2y ago
    You're right that most people in this thread are likely native english speakers, but that just means that we can understand that the weird narrow read of the words "authoritarian regime" is silly and, based on other comments you've made, very likely just you being purposely obtuse for partisan reasons.
    - nailer 2y ago
      I’m not sure why you feel the need to respond to me on multiple threads. As mentioned elsewhere, I am not the source of the common meaning of the term, I do not edit the encyclopaedia, the newspapers, take the photos or anything else you will see on the front page of Google when you search for “authoritarian regime”. You know what an authoritarian regime commonly means, and you know what you were trying to do, and you just don’t like being called on it. Someone is indeed using HN for partisan advocacy and we both know it’s you.
      - fc417fc802 2y ago
        > I am not the source of the common meaning of the term, The accuracy of your claim regarding common meaning is being disputed. You might notice that well over half of the quote you pasted from Britannica is referring to totalitarian, not authoritarian, regimes. Nowhere does it say anything like "the term authoritarian regime is commonly taken to imply".
        nailer 2y ago
        As mentioned, the most notable examples all conform to the common definition as does every other result on the front page of Google for the term. You are welcome to dispute all of them if you want to, but I’m not going to spend time on it. You are using hyperbole at best and simply lying at worst and you know this. You can jump on any English language search engine, discover what the common meaning of the term ‘authoritarian regime’ is and reflect which behaviour you’re involved in. Bing produces a very nice summary for the term which also doesn’t describe the US government. You can read that and argue with it if you like. Here’s Oxford, also from the front page of bing: https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/41327/chapter/352327108 https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/41327/chapter/3523271... > Authoritarian regimes must be distinguished from “authoritarianism,” which is a significantly broader concept Which accurately reflects the OP attempting to reduce what they wrote earlier : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43412541 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43412541 and also this person: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43416052 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43416052 I’m not spending any more time on this thread. Pigs, mud.