Many people on lemmy.ml deeply respect and admire authoritarian governments and organizations.
Iran, China, North Korea, Soviet Union…
The West has many flaws. But our flaws are nothing compared to these guys.
Iran hangs homosexuals. Iran shot 30,000 people in less than than 2 weeks. The Soviet Union had to build a fucking Iron wall to prevent people from escaping. The Soviets lied about the Chernobyl nuclear explosion. China censors the internet. China wants to eliminate Islam. North Korea is a totalitarian hellscape. Watching anime is a crime.
Why is lemmy.ml so fascinated with authoritarians?
Hmm I can’t say I have the same experience, but perhaps I did not dig down deep enough during those conversations into their relationships with their parents.
It always seemed to me the difference between an authoritarian and a non-authoritarian socialist/communist was based on their view of other people: the authoritarians I spoke with usually regarded people as flawed and in need of guidance, whereas non-authoritarians seemed to believe people are inherently good but corrupted.
most people’s primary problem with other people is that they are not themselves.