• BigNote@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      “I hereby appoint myself the final arbiter of all terms and definitions!”

      All you guys do this, for obvious reasons.

      In this context, in political science, “authoritarian” does in fact have a very specific and well-defined meaning. Pretending otherwise just excludes yourself from the conversation. Maybe that’s for the best.