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I would really rather that these were actual examples, and not conspiracy theories. We all have our own unsubstantiated ideas about what shadowy no-gooders are doing, but I'd rather hear about things that are actually happening.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 91 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Communism=Authoritarianism

I was taught in school the characteristics of authoritarianism and a couple weeks later, when i was being taught about communism, the same characteristics were said

[โ€“] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Going a step further, the idea of authoritarian. Every ideology with a state relies on some type of authority to function, as a term it is an attempt at equating fascism and communism and serves as holocaust trivialization.

[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

They usually come packaged together. You'll have a hard time naming democratic liberal communist countries/leaders.

[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

But a very easy time naming democratic communists. Even Stalin wasn't a dictator, according to liberal historians such as Conquest who are experts on the soviet union. Socialism is more democratic than capitalism.

[โ€“] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago

You're right that they're absolutely not the same, however at a nation state level, I'd be very surprised if you could point to any communist regime at any point in history that wasn't also authoritarian or didn't end up that way