Comment by Der_Einzige

1 year ago

Authoritarians actually do implement "if everyone would just". Don't pretend like they don't.

Except they don't. They aren't sitting up in their ivory towers thinking: "if everyone just did X, then everything would be better". No, they are executing plans to get to that outcome. They are recruiting people, coercing people, killing people, manipulating people, seizing power, etc. All working toward their goal.

They claim to. Their advisors, lieutenants, and propagandists report great success. Their people just know better than to talk about it.