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?
So is authoritarianism the presence of having a state, even in a temporary form, in your eyes?
This question depends on definitions, but lets forget that for now. A state, although perhaps not inherently oppressive, is a hierarchy which facilitates the wielding of power and thus (opens the way to) oppression. Same way as religious or economic hierarchies are used.
So in short, theoretically I’m not per definition against a state but practice shows a state is always a tool used for oppression.