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>>So spare me rhetoric about every government or country being the same. Don't twist my words. I said governments are becoming more authoritarian. I stand by t
by osipov 12y ago
>>So spare me rhetoric about every government or country being the same.
Don't twist my words. I said governments are becoming more authoritarian. I stand by this statement.
- bad_user 12y agoJudging by your other comments, your intent is pretty clear but I'll bite. I strongly disagree that governments are becoming more authoritarian, it's quite the opposite, governments are becoming more liberal and democratic, with the situation improving even in countries such as Libya, Egypt and Morocco. The only reason for why the situation seems bleak to some people is because access to information has become unhindered due to the Internet.
- pdeuchler 12y ago>>> with the situation improving even in countries such as Libya, Egypt and Morocco I don't know enough about Morocco to call you out on that one, but dude... Libya and Egypt? If the current goings-on in those countries forms the basis of your opinion then I think you might need to rethink your position
- bad_user 12y agoI'm not saying that Libya and Egypt are democracies, all I said is that the situation has been improving even there.
- capisce 12y agoDemocracy seems to be struggling in some African countries: http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-return-of-africas-strongmen-1417798993 http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-return-of-africas-strongmen-...
- adventured 12y agoThis is mostly accurate. Europe pre-WW2 was overrun with all variations of fascism and authoritarianism. Prior to that, it was still ruled by Kings, Queens, and Imperial rule ala Napoleon.
- CamperBob2 12y agoYou falsely equated the actions of a few berserk local cops in the US with the Putin regime. You need people to twist your words so that you don't look like an idiot or worse.
- osipov 12y agoIt is just ignorant to be unaware of the scale of police brutality in the United States. Educate yourself.
- xxxyy 12y agoIt is just ignorant to compare US police brutality to, say, Holodomor, and not see connections between Putin and Stalin.
- adventured 12y agoPolice brutality in the US is a problem. It doesn't compare to the slaughter of millions under the former USSR, or the complete shut-down of all freedom of speech and freedom of the press under Putin. If the US were anything like Russia, we couldn't be having this conversation on a heavily trafficked web site like HN located within the US. The US still has the greatest level of freedom of speech of any nation on earth, and the strongest speech protections, even after some of the recent erosion.