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minus-squareTheLunatickle@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down6·3 days agoIt’s a common scheme, Authoritarian claims people in neighbouring country are ethnically/culturally the same as them, accuses the target country of suppressing “their” people, invades to “Protect” “their” people. Rinse and repeat.
minus-squareTolc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down41·3 days agoIts hilarous how liberal just throw the term authoritarian whenever they like how many country the non authoritarians have invaded?
minus-squareCypher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down2·3 days agoInvading countries is not the metric by which an individual or government are determined to be authoritarian. It helps if you have even the vaguest clue as to the meaning of a word before you object to its use.
minus-squareTolc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down25·edit-23 days agoIt would also be helpful if libs stop using the term authoritarian if the govt doesnt hold show elections every 4 years
It’s a common scheme, Authoritarian claims people in neighbouring country are ethnically/culturally the same as them, accuses the target country of suppressing “their” people, invades to “Protect” “their” people. Rinse and repeat.
Its hilarous how liberal just throw the term authoritarian whenever they like
how many country the non authoritarians have invaded?
Invading countries is not the metric by which an individual or government are determined to be authoritarian.
It helps if you have even the vaguest clue as to the meaning of a word before you object to its use.
It would also be helpful if libs stop using the term authoritarian if the govt doesnt hold show elections every 4 years