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Autocrat and authoritarian now means independent from the US and refusing to be vassalized. (www.theatlantic.com)
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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

must maintain a strong state, develop a military, and engage in censorship. All 3 get lumped in the vague and clearly now useless category of authoritarian,

Which is extremely ironic, considering that's what we do here in the States.

[–] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Naturally it is, yes. Though those things are used for imperialism there.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 21 hours ago

Absolutely. The irony is that we constantly wail about any other country doing that.