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      7 hours ago

      Well, they’re a mod, they take the harshest action a mod can take which is banning, and they do this for literally upvoting a comment

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            6 hours ago

            authoritarianism is when the government that has real control over things that matter and uses it to control up. when a private citizen kicks you out of their club it’s just called a disagreement.

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              6 hours ago

              authoritarianism is when the government

              Incredibly uneducated again. Authority is not only when government. Your boss dictating what you do under threat of unemployment is a strong form of authority prevalent in modern society that didn’t exist in the so-called “authoritarian socialist” governments.

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                it’s more about power balance. a mod on a forum has no real meaningful power over anything that matters.

                “the government” is too narrow of a term, but it does need to be a person with power and control over others. right now corporations are the real centers of power in this world. they are largely authoritarian.

                people saying they don’t want to hang out with you is not that.

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                  a mod on a forum has no real meaningful power over anything that matters

                  Fully agreed, just portraying their hypocrisy.

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              Every successful country has to express some level of Authority to maintain its existence. Especially the USSR which, you know, defeated Nazi Germany almost single handedly. Was that them being “tankies”?

              Another example, Vietnam would look like Gaza city if they didn’t express authority. Same with DPRK aka “north Korea “