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by _ivvf 5y ago
I think we are arguing using a different definition of "big" government. If a government has a large army but is not authorized to use it to do whatever it wants, and there are sufficient checks and balances in place to prevent mi
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by _ivvf 5y ago
> Well, except for abortion The right frame anti-abortion as pro-life. Do you consider murder laws authoritarian? Pro- and anti-abortion arguments are both grounded in morality, but claiming one is more authoritarian than the other is sh
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by _ivvf 5y ago
Maybe get your tongue out of your cheek? Not supporting communism doesn't mean or even provide evidence Hitler wasn't leftwing. Often the greatest infighting occurs between groups with adjacent political beliefs. A group must figh
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by _ivvf 5y ago
I can't say I agree with you that Biden is putting on a show just to keep his party together, but I'll leave it at that for now. I do actually think public health is a legitimate government concern. That doesn't mean the gove
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by _ivvf 5y ago
I am happy to look at things from both sides. When I asked who are the rightwing authoritarians, I wanted answers that I could use to look things up. As for Hitler, I believe he was left wing for the following reasons: He pushed socialist p
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by _ivvf 5y ago
I have to say, I find your "survivorship bias" argument novel, but also a bit ridiculous, considering that Karl Marx openly called for violent, bloody revolution: “there is only one way in which the murderous death agonies of the
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by _ivvf 5y ago
> Conservatives want to increase the power of those government institutions that are the least accountable, and are most connected to the use of violence: the police and the military. That's just not true. Conservatives want to bala
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by _ivvf 5y ago
That's not what authoritarian means. It doesn't mean "pro authority". It means "of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority". What does the support of police or judges have to do with that? For a
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by _ivvf 5y ago
Left's perspective: women have a right to abort their unborn children. Right's perspective: unborn children have a right to life and protection of the law. Both sides are arguing a moral argument. Do women have a right to abort th
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by _ivvf 5y ago
The two are connected in that authoritarianism can occur in any institution of authority, not just government. The left want more centralized government power, but they are also happy to wield power and authority anywhere they can obtain it
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by _ivvf 5y ago
Except what you are saying is not really true. Most conservatives want to reduce government power, not extend it. The left, on the other hand, universally wants to extend government reach. I would recommend reading "The Authoritarian M