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ROFL this thread is hillarious. OP sure picked the wrong instance to ask their question.

(For fuck sakes: Please do not ask questions (expecially questions that may involve politics) in TankieLiteEdition.ml, aka: lemmy.ml)

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[–] 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Ah yes

All states are authoritarian

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Using it to claim that all states are and must be equally authoritarian, as a way to deflect criticism of authoritarians in a specific country, somewhat destroys the truth value of it. It's like claiming that all substances are toxic; technically true, too much of literally any substance will kill you, but if I then tell someone that because water and cyanide both have a lethal dose, it doesn't matter which they take because both are potentially deadly, I'd be attempting to deceive and therefore lying even if I use only technically true statements to imply a false conclusion.

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