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?

  • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    Lemmy.ml is largely made up of communists, who support the working classes holding state authority, rather than capitalist states where authoritarian control is in the hands of the tiny capitalist class over the working classes. State authority isn’t independent of class struggle, but is a product of it, and as such all states are “authoritarian,” but it’s far better for the working classes to hold that. And for what it’s worth, Iran is supported against the west and Israel, not as a socialist state.

    As for your post body, a number of claims you made are lies.

    Iran shot 30,000 people in less than than 2 weeks.

    Incorrect, the UN estimates ~3100 total deaths. Western press made up the 30,000 figure at the behest of the CIA/Mossad to help foment regime change before their invasion.

    The Soviet Union had to build a fucking Iron wall to prevent people from escaping.

    No? Do you really think a landmass that large would do something like that? There was a wall in Berlin, but that was just as much to keep West Germans out, as the Cold War had tons of spies on both sides.

    China censors the internet.

    Not really a problem, it’s a good thing western spyware like Facebook isn’t allowed, and VPNs are plentiful. Censorship isn’t willy-nilly, it’s largely the internet equivalent of industrial protectionism.

    China wants to eliminate Islam.

    No? China has freedom of religion.

    Watching anime is a crime.

    No it isn’t, lol.

    The West has many flaws. But our flaws are nothing compared to these guys.

    It’s the opposite. Socialist countries have flaws and real problems, but the genocidal western empire is the biggest obstacle holding human progress back. They plunder the global south, are obliterating Palestine, and are all surging to the rightas the empire falls.