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What Authoritarian means to most westerners (lemmy.ml)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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Somehow this country is excluded from it:

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[–] 46 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

Also the chart for:

Government vs Regime

Freedom fighter vs Terrorist

Expat vs Immigrant

Child vs Combat-age male

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    • [–] 8 points 5 months ago

    Not always the defining factor (see East Germany) but it definitely amplifies the existing class hatred

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    [–] 12 points 5 months ago (8 children)

    Russia gets called authoritarian every day

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  • [–] 29 points 5 months ago (7 children)

    yeah but Russians are considered Asiatic mongrels by the Europeans, they're the orcs and aren't really white you see

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    Source?

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  • [–] 22 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    the whole orc narrative and Russian hordes narrative has very much been embraced by western media over the past four years https://web.archive.org/web/20260414080035/https://spectator.com/article/why-are-ukrainians-calling-russian-invaders-orcs/?edition=us

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  • [+] -3 points 5 months ago (1 child)
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  • [–] 16 points 5 months ago

    Nah, authoritarian is basically a term for any system of governance that's different from western liberal capitalism originating in Europe. Russia has never been seen as truly European in the west, this is basically what the whole untermensch narrative nazis embraced is based on. In the Nazi racial hierarchy, being "white" or "Aryan" was not a given for all Europeans. Instead, an internal hierarchy existed where Nordic peoples were at the top, and Slavs were placed at the bottom, akin to non-European races. And these are the values Europeans very much embrace to this day.

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    • [–] -4 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

    Maybe to most Conservative westerners. I'm always a little puzzled about why people around the world seem to think American = Redneck Republican. At least that's what comes through on social media. But I guess it's only fair, since we think French = Snotty Waiters, Australian = Crocodile Dundee, etc.

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago

    The issue is that there are also many "progressives" who are like this, ex: supporting the kidnapping of the president of Venezuela or the invasion of Iran. Just because someone might be less bigoted to queer people or immigrants it doesn't mean they're any less imperialist, unfortunately. And this isn't just a problem over there of course, I know too many people from my country who side with our comprador elite rather than workers like them.

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