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Remember kids, Tankies wants to undermine democracy - same as facists.

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[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm aware, but authoritarianism isn't useful either. The US, Britain, Russia, Mozambique, and the USSR are all authoritarian states.

[–] lntl@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just in case you're serious:

  • US citizens are under far more governmental surveillance than any other country in the world, past or present.
  • the presidential cabinet is analogous to several "authoritarian regimes".
  • The US has "plainclothes police officers", analogous to what the US calls secret police in other nations.
  • the US police force kills on average 1000 people extrajudicially every year. That's at least 3 people per day. Since 2019, more people have been killed by police than there were deaths during 9/11.
  • there are more people in prison now than there were in gulags at their height under Stalin.
[–] lntl@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

lmao that's cute. Call names instead of engaging with the content, because you know it's correct.