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Biden signs bill criticized as “major expansion of warrantless surveillance” (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 11 points 2 years ago (9 children)

there are no left authoritarians in office.

liberals are not leftists. haven't been since 1848.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    Dunno why 1848, but those students on the streets of Vienna whom "dear father field marshal" Radetzky hanged on many lanterns were not leftist. They were pretty republican-nationalist, right liberal that is.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    are you... are you defending the original incident that lead to the term 'tankie'? impressive.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I don't get your thought process. The original incidents were Soviet interventions in Hungary and Czechoslovakia.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    sorry when I hear about a name from that language family I I st assume. I ignore most soviet history and as much american history as I can because its stupid and can be summarized 'and then they figured out how to make even worse decisions! hooray!'

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  • [+] -11 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Any liberal who supports disarming civilians is a left authoritarian.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Only the fringe lunatics think it's even possible to disarm a population. Far lefties like myself realize the power that small arms represent in the fight against fascism. Marx said to arm up.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    Marx also assumed that revolution eventually leads to a communist utopia.

    Thus far they have only led to authoritarian regimes. Even Cuba is little more than a benevolent dictatorship.

    Weapons are a good way to combat other weapons, not ideology.

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