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minus-squareAntoine_St_Hexubeary [none/use name]hexbear35·edit-22 years agoA while ago someone in /r/sino said something like "Westerners get unnecessarily nervous when they hear the word 'authoritarian' because they cannot imagine authority being wielded by the people" and I think about that a lot. link
minus-squareParzivus [any]hexbear29·2 years agoWesterners almost literally cannot fathom a government that helps the people, even libs link
minus-squareOgdenTO [he/him]hexbear7·2 years agoJust like they can't imagine a large work being done with public funds without sponsorship or for profit. link
minus-squareTeekeeus [comrade/them]hexbear5·2 years agoSorry sweaty doing what the people want is populism. Enacting unpopular policies thought up by unelected technocrats is free democracy :maybe-later-honey: :maybe-later-kiddo: link
A while ago someone in /r/sino said something like "Westerners get unnecessarily nervous when they hear the word 'authoritarian' because they cannot imagine authority being wielded by the people" and I think about that a lot.
Westerners almost literally cannot fathom a government that helps the people, even libs
Just like they can't imagine a large work being done with public funds without sponsorship or for profit.
Especially libs
Sorry sweaty doing what the people want is populism. Enacting unpopular policies thought up by unelected technocrats is free democracy
:maybe-later-honey: :maybe-later-kiddo: