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minus-squareRod_Blagojevic [none/use name]linkfedilinkEnglish8•1 year agoWhat does totalitarian mean?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 year agoWell for one example: if you pose a real political threat to the regime, you get thrown into prison or out of a window
minus-squareRod_Blagojevic [none/use name]linkfedilinkEnglish12•1 year agoHow is that different than any functioning state?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 year agoWhat would happen to you if you started a tv show where you publicly talk about the crimes of your government? It might come as a shock but there are plenty of countries where you can do this without falling out of your window
minus-squarebrain_in_a_box [he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoThinking “starting a TV show” = “pose a real political threat to the regime” is the most liberal brained thing I can imagine. Ask Fred Hampton what happens to actual threats to the regime.
minus-squareStalinForTime [comrade/them]linkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-21 year agoI see. So are you going to follow this line of thought to it’s natural conclusion and become an anarchist? /s
What does totalitarian mean?
Well for one example: if you pose a real political threat to the regime, you get thrown into prison or out of a window
How is that different than any functioning state?
What would happen to you if you started a tv show where you publicly talk about the crimes of your government? It might come as a shock but there are plenty of countries where you can do this without falling out of your window
Thinking “starting a TV show” = “pose a real political threat to the regime” is the most liberal brained thing I can imagine.
Ask Fred Hampton what happens to actual threats to the regime.
I see. So are you going to follow this line of thought to it’s natural conclusion and become an anarchist? /s