DeathToZionazis"m"@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 24 hours agoonly the countries that just happen to be AES countries are "authoritarians" bro. just trust me bro! ~The Westlemmy.mlimagemessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down111
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minus-squarecalmblue75@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·9 hours ago‘Authoritarian’ isn’t commonly used for Western state leaders.
minus-squarePrunebutt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 hours agoIt applies, though. At least in the only logically coherent definition I know. No matter how commonly it’s used.
minus-squarePrunebutt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoParaphrasing Daniel Baryon from his Work “a modern anarchism”: Authoritarian is the description of a system that behaves in such a way that institutional power is concentrated into the hands of a minority.
‘Authoritarian’ isn’t commonly used for Western state leaders.
It applies, though. At least in the only logically coherent definition I know. No matter how commonly it’s used.
Can you share the definition?
Paraphrasing Daniel Baryon from his Work “a modern anarchism”:
Authoritarian is the description of a system that behaves in such a way that institutional power is concentrated into the hands of a minority.