▲ 121 ▼ The cowards finally defederated (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by simply_surprise@lemmygrad.ml to c/communism@lemmygrad.ml 95 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] AnarchoBolshevik@lemmygrad.ml 34 points 2 years ago (1 child) Meh. I hope that they have fun without this. They clearly would have benefitted from it. I almost want to laugh seeing them unjokingly using the term ‘totalitarian’, which is usually a clue that somebody hasn’t been keeping up with modern historical scholarship. If they were writing in the 20th century then I could understand that, but being a totalitarian theorist in the 2020s should be pretty embarrassing. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SpaceDogs@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh this is actually very helpful as I’ve been confused about the term “totalitarian” as it’s been used in so many different contexts it’s hard to figure out what it actually means. At best I’ve seen people use it interchangeably with “authoritarian.” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 2 years ago (1 child) ”Authoritarian” is another one — what does it mean? If you go by the dictionary, why doesn’t the U.S. get included? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Authoritarian is when they don't like a state. The more the don't like that state, the more authoritarian it is. And when they really hate it, it's totalitarian. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WaterBowlSlime@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 years ago Yeah it's the same thing as calling a country bad or evil, but with a big word that sounds academic. You can get away with saying the most horrific shit here if it's spoken in formal language. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpaceDogs@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh this is actually very helpful as I’ve been confused about the term “totalitarian” as it’s been used in so many different contexts it’s hard to figure out what it actually means. At best I’ve seen people use it interchangeably with “authoritarian.” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 2 years ago (1 child) ”Authoritarian” is another one — what does it mean? If you go by the dictionary, why doesn’t the U.S. get included? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Authoritarian is when they don't like a state. The more the don't like that state, the more authoritarian it is. And when they really hate it, it's totalitarian. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WaterBowlSlime@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 years ago Yeah it's the same thing as calling a country bad or evil, but with a big word that sounds academic. You can get away with saying the most horrific shit here if it's spoken in formal language. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 2 years ago (1 child) ”Authoritarian” is another one — what does it mean? If you go by the dictionary, why doesn’t the U.S. get included? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Authoritarian is when they don't like a state. The more the don't like that state, the more authoritarian it is. And when they really hate it, it's totalitarian. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WaterBowlSlime@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 years ago Yeah it's the same thing as calling a country bad or evil, but with a big word that sounds academic. You can get away with saying the most horrific shit here if it's spoken in formal language. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Authoritarian is when they don't like a state. The more the don't like that state, the more authoritarian it is. And when they really hate it, it's totalitarian. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WaterBowlSlime@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 years ago Yeah it's the same thing as calling a country bad or evil, but with a big word that sounds academic. You can get away with saying the most horrific shit here if it's spoken in formal language. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WaterBowlSlime@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 years ago Yeah it's the same thing as calling a country bad or evil, but with a big word that sounds academic. You can get away with saying the most horrific shit here if it's spoken in formal language. permalink fedilink source parent