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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @kepford OP 20h \ parent \ on: Trust the science, but I'm gonna manipulate you with emotion and sentiment Politics_And_Law
Yep, that is the more likely outcome I'm afraid. Both sides basically want authoritarianism. They just don't admit it. I've told my more progressive friends this and they scoff at the idea.
I think there is a tacit understanding among the right that we're taking advantage of authoritarian/statist tactics while we can. Progressives are completely blind as to why nationalizing an entire industry under a central government could possibly be considered authoritarian, as long as they're the ones doing it, because they're judging the government not by the sum amount of authority it possesses, but by how it spends that authority. For them authoritarianism isn't an inherent fact of statism. Authoritarianism to them means the oppression of the capitalist class, lurking within the free market, and requiring a powerful state to serve as a check to rectify the injustices of ostensibly meritocratic non-interventionist policies.
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Yeah, this does seem to be the mindset. Sadly, the reality is power is power.
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IMO, looking to government for solutions is the sign of an uncreative mind.
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Indeed.
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