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> The actions of this administration are positively communist (in the most cynical, fear-mongered notion about communism) I understand from which cultural cont
by ivan_gammel 7mo ago
> The actions of this administration are positively communist (in the most cynical, fear-mongered notion about communism)
I understand from which cultural context this “communist” label comes, but in political science it’s called “authoritarian”. Small but important correction.
- scarecrowbob 7mo agoDoubly important when we're discussing explicit US propaganda efforts, I'd think, which certainly have cast "capitalism" and "communism" as weird and float-y signifiers.