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Re:The Reasons Authoritarianism Is Growing – and How to Reve... by philosopher123 on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @12:54PM (#42066298)
Authoritarianism isn't when your opinions don't align with others.

Authoritarianism is the enforcement or advocacy of strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom. I think we are moving away from this kind of Authoritarianism, and embracing the freedom of diversified opinions.

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Re:The Reasons Authoritarianism Is Growing – and How to Reve... by verdverm on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @02:38PM (#42068048)
Trump has said multiple times that certain media orgs should lose their broadcast license and specific people should be put in jail, because they said things he did not like. MAGA has also cancelled many of their own, or Republicans, for speaking out against Trump.

These sorts of things are where the authoritarian associations come from

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Re:The Reasons Authoritarianism Is Growing – and How to Reve... by JohnFen on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @08:09PM (#42072142)
> I think we are moving away from this kind of Authoritarianism, and embracing the freedom of diversified opinions.

I think the exact opposite.

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