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The Supreme Court rejects Biden's plan to wipe away $400 billion in student loan debt (apnews.com)
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[–] 1 point 3 years ago (3 children)

Come on, you play right into their bullshit propaganda with that message. If they go low we don't stoop to their level. We do not win elections by removing voting rights for those we disagree with - that is an authoritarian tactic.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    there isn't really any 'nobility' in 'taking the high road' while marginalized communities continue to get owned and killed. Trans kids are being targeted, women are being targeted, BIPOC are being targeted.

    what good is civility? authoritarian leftism is the only way to get results

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago

    Using authoritarianism is a fast track to ensuring that new generations of people see leftism as the enemy, if they don't already feel that way.

    Taking away agency of people doesn't create lasting social systems; the masses aren't inspired to uphold the values by fear of consequence alone. People en mass will never accept being told what to do if they feel it takes away their agency. If anything you only breed resistance and contempt for your system of choice.

    Who would you even trust to have such power? How could they be expected to uphold their values? How do you know that authoritarian power can't/won't be corrupted? Are you going to allow the murder of others if it cast as 'just' in the eyes of that power?

    Authoritarianism had its hour, and in that time blighted all it touched. If it weren't for authoritarian leftists muddying the waters of the term 'Communist', Id imagine we'd have seen a lot more societies adopting those ideas instead of equating 'communism' with authoritarianism and rejecting it outright

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