Been seeing a lot of people coming in here handwringing about 'red fash' and 'muh authoritarianism.'
Figuring that this will be a common occurrence for a while, so wanted to make a collective thread here. The purpose of this is to just have one spot as so we don't fill up the comm with a ton of posts about it.
Post away, comrades!
this isnt really targeted at you in particular but one thing ive noticed with how MLs type is that the word "illegal" gets thrown around a lot, like the illegal dissolution of the ussr here or the illegal invasion of iraq or the illegal bombing of vietnam and its not really a way of framing it that i personally find particularly convincing. i think im just not a fan of the premise here thats making a normative claim based off legality.
I understand what you mean, and maybe I should not refer to it as such, but to explain why I specifically refer to the dissolution of the USSR as illegal, is due to the fact that 77.85% of the population of the Soviet Union voted to not dissolve it (Which I'm sure is not news here, just wanted to source just in case, I'm new here and still traumatized by Reddit lol). So while illegal might be the wrong word, I'm just referring to it also being against the will of the people. But this might be a bad way to frame it, I totally see what you mean, and I'll definitely think about what you said here, it does make sense to me.
sure, i understand the context too, don't worry. i certainly agree with what you're saying, and im not trying to be hostile, its just a tiny thing that i dont think should be standard is all.
Didn't take it as hostile at all, don't worry! :fidel-salute-big: Just wanted to explain myself. I mean it when I say that I appreciate your perspective.
:sankara-salute: O7, seeing newcomers to this site is always nice