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Lemmy might, MIGHT have a small bias towards the left (lemm.ee)

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[–] [email protected] 100 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (25 children)

Most would agree with your point - right up until you suggest that having an "uncorrupt government" is remotely possible.

Pretty much the same level of unrealistic idealism as folks who think it's remotely possible to transition a state to communism without it turning into authoritarianism.

There, now I've pissed off everyone lol

Edit: Except, I guess for the hardcore capitalists, but I assume those guys are all too dumb to read, so no point, really 🤷

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

All states are authoritarian. Where do you think all the authority comes from?

A state having authority isn't always a bad thing though, the current state is really great if you're a white male property owner!

And those guys won't be too happy if you take that state away from them, so whatever comes next would need the authority to resist that counter-revolution.

But that's authoritarian, so we should just let them take back over and keep doing the authoritarianism that supports their interests.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Where do you think all the authority comes from?

And why do they consistently seem to find that authority to be necessary? parenti-hands

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