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I think we are conflating two different things: the state’s foreign policy stance and its domestic structure.

You are correct that ‘authoritarian’ is often a propaganda label used to justify sanctions or invasion. However, refusing to use the word to describe any state in the Global South implies that the only form of oppression that matters is Western imperialism. That effectively erases the lived experience of people in those nations who might be jailed or disappeared by their own government.

The term ‘authoritarian’ shouldn’t mean ‘enemy of the US.’ It should mean a system where the people have no mechanism to hold their leaders accountable. By that definition, a state can be anti-Zionist and still be authoritarian toward its own citizens. Do you believe there is any word we should use to describe a government that silences its own working class, or should we just stay silent about that to avoid sounding like the US State Department?

A state necessarily exercising authority changes nothing about how violently and uncompromisingly any particular state goes about it. So I’m guessing calling a state plainly authoritarian is essentially saying nothing at all, but if I say your country is as authoritarian as North Korea, you know exactly what I’m saying and that I’m certainly saying something that is neither doublespeak or propaganda, right?

I don’t have a real solution, but for me I just try to be exceptionally mindful of precisely what you already described. On my way home I try to think of a few productive things I could possibly muster before compromising/collapsing back into idleness

What did I actually just read?? What is happening? Do they even know?

Small group of powerful individuals left, isn’t it?

Who isn’t getting sued at this point?😆

“Rumor has it he’ll have gas under 2$/gal by December”

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What? It’s just a bunch of scripts, nobody actually does that

I have been taking the wrong approach with beginners telling them gentoo is the endgame, but I have seen the light and can only say thank you for showing me the way

Install gentoo

Twice if I recall correctly

I thought these words exactly but felt they may be too harsh lol

I thought that’s what I read, thanks for the reality check

We have never killed kings here. We also stayed out of Nazi affairs for many years. The sentiment is nice, but more than misleading. You got weird history books anon

Even if it’s true, do we really want a vance as an alt?

If I wait long enough, maybe the problem will solve itself(Trump probably)

What is he actually waiting for though?🤔

you don’t believe in any of the supernatural stuff

Correct. It feels beyond a little silly to pretend there is any kind of entity in control or overlooking the unfolding of events that is reality or what we mean by reality. I will admit, the ‘god in process’ theories are fun and maybe insightful to some degree but nothing worth putting faith in just yet.

are just about the better teachings of Jesus? Aka a Jefferson bible take?

I’ve heard of this, but I just now researched it. Seems interesting, but it is certainly not what I’m speaking to at all afaict

And yet they persist, so it’s almost like it’s not quite that simple either, eh? Funny how the devil stays in the details, no matter which side you lean

Am a Christian atheist ftr–just feels bad to see so many accept convenient lies over the honest truths of a worthwhile series of stories (wether they factually happened is of little to no value in the pursuit of truth, no?)