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Re:Signal's president vows to reject UK law on message scann... by immibis on Saturday July 15, 2023 @07:24PM (#36741860)
The example of "left-wing authoritarian" is all the so-called "communist" countries of the past century. USSR, China, North Korea.

The problem, of course, is that none of them were actually left-wing. They were all just bog-standard dictatorships, using left-wing-ism as their excuse to maintain power, but not actually doing left-wing-ism.

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Re:Signal's president vows to reject UK law on message scann... by hellojesus on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @04:07PM (#36778400)
Going back to the trans example, the attempts of Canada to pass compelled speech laws (and Michigan may have tried this recently too) would fall under left wing authoritarian practices imo.
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