• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Orban says things for a specific audience, and the audience is Putin and Trump, and to a lesser extent, his domestic populace.

    Also: have you ever thought what does it say about you that you consistently simp for all these authoritarian rulers?

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      3 days ago

      Hi again my little libfash friend from the ShitJustFash instance! Spouting your liberal nonsense as usual, yeppers “authoritarian rulers” not like the US empire invented the term “authoritarian” to further ostracize and suppress communistic uprisings or anything 😁

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        You continue to miss the fact that I’m not dogmatic about the US being unequivocally “good”.

        I’m fully aware of the very fucked up history that the US has (and more than a few of our allies have) in the context of sketchy colonialist/imperialist stuff. My country’s actions in Latin America over the course of the First Cold War - not to mention after its conclusion - are imo largely indefensible.

        But if you think the USSR (or now, Russia) was unequivocally “good”, you are high on your own supply.

        And not to mention: non-authoritarian communist and socialist systems can and do exist. They are distinct from authoritarian communist systems, primarily in the fact that the “authoritarian” part is far more important and impactful than the “communist” part. You’re also trying to pidgeonhole things into a dichotomy, when in fact the reality is far more nuanced.

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          non-authoritarian communist and socialist systems can and do exist. They are distinct from authoritarian communist system

          You’re also trying to pidgeonhole things into a dichotomy

          There is no bigger false dichotomy than “authoritarian” vs “non-authoritarian”