• Maeve@kbin.earth
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        18 hours ago

        China is quite possibly less authoritarian than Western governments. All states have and use authority. Better it’s used for the citizens’ housing, health, food, transportation needs than Elon and Bezos.

        Edit: also while discussing authoritarianism, perhaps check the thread title and read the article. This is what Western authoritianism is for and spends.

        • TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca
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          18 hours ago

          Authoritarianism is when people are allowed to petition the government with their grievances

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            18 hours ago

            Way to deliberately miss the point. The point is ethnonationalism and genocide and apologia/encouragement.

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              13 hours ago

              Yes China does all of those things. Really awesome to see you’ve challenged your own flawed reality so quickly 😄