• alphanerd4@lemmy.worldOP
    1067·
    22 天前

    Counterpoint. It’s not a strawman. The US is is an authoritarian state. If you disagree too loudly I will instaban you. also Why are you here?

    • random@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      421·
      22 天前

      > The US is is an authoritarian state.

      > If you disagree too loudly I will instaban you.

      lmao

      • TriflingToad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        211·
        22 天前

        I thought it was just a shitpost reply that came off too harsh, but they’re actually a mod and have the power to ban. The anti authoritarian sub having an authoritarian mod is comical

      • NIB@lemmy.world
        13·
        22 天前

        Can a random american citizen not run as an opponent to those senators in the US? Arent those senators democratically elected?

        Can you do the same for Xi Jinping? Can a random chinese citizen run for office?

        Do you think those 2 things are the same?

    • imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee
      18·
      22 天前

      No one said it’s not an authoritarian state.

      I’m saying people don’t like it unlike what you’re pretending.

      Sorry is calling your meme shit against the rules?

      Because it doesn’t state that anywhere

    • shottymcb@lemm.ee
      15·
      22 天前

      Consider the level of power over government policy that the three characters in your meme wield.

    • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
      122·
      20 天前

      You cannot possibly be so self unaware you don’t see how absurd that statement is.

      • alphanerd4@lemmy.worldOP
        14·
        19 天前

        Individual authoritarianism and institutional authoritarianism exist as distinct concepts.

        I kind of steered into it out of frustration because I don’t entirely believe that this is a legitimate miscommunication and I’m pretty sure at least some of it is actually ppl being deliberately obtuse.

        Some degree of earnest, ‘America Bad’, unironically, is the buy-in for participating, and that’s perfectly reasonable.