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We know what authoritarianism is. What is the opposite of that?

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

Egalitarianism.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago

A terribly long winding word, with too many a's and i's and r's.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 22 hours ago

You can't make me tell you.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago
[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Depends on how you define "opposite". I'm thinking direct democracy or anarchy.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Freedom.

A government that works for the people.

A person who is against authoritarianism.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 23 hours ago
[-] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

Not mutually exclusive. Just extremely rare, for obvious reasons.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago

When you get into political words, it's helpful to go read George Orwell.

Politics and the English Language

[-] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago

Antidisestablishmentarianism but against Nazis instead of the Church of England.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago
[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

It's whatever I tell you it is! If you want to be anti-authoritarian, you better get in line!

[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

The opposite of authoritarian extremism is probably libertarian extremism

[-] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago

Which of those extremes does most of the population benefit the most from?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago

Is it better to have no law or evil law? Most extremism have their own unique problems if they are exclusionary to pluralism.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 15 hours ago

"The opposite of drowning is asphyxiation"

Nah man, it's being able to breathe.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago

Some sort of obsession for unnecessary words

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