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That couldn't be more of a strawman even if he was with a lion, a Kansas girl and a tin man on a yellow brick road
Well said. I entered the comment section to say something about a strawman fallacy, but yours is perfect.
...don't get what tankies love so much about dictators, but hey....at least they are blatant about it.
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?
> The US is is an authoritarian state.
> If you disagree too loudly I will instaban you.
lmao
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
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?
Pathetic shit
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
Consider the level of power over government policy that the three characters in your meme wield.
This is top tier shitposting. I salute you
You cannot possibly be so self unaware you don't see how absurd that statement is.
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.
Democracy is when not re-elected? 🤔
You're such a coward, your trash takes make perfect sense lol.
INSTABAN THESE NUTS! 🥜
Ya aigh fair enough
It absolutely is. That’s not changing the fact that you’re a fucking idiot, and you shouldn’t be a mod.