• Libra00@lemmy.ml
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    14 hours ago

    authoritarian /ə-thôr″ĭ-târ′ē-ən, ə-thŏr″-, ô-/ adjective

    Characterized by or favoring absolute obedience to authority, as against individual freedom.

    “an authoritarian regime.”

    Look, it’s right there in the example even.

    If you would like to argue definitions I encourage you to spend some quality time with a dictionary. Google can point you to several.

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      “Authoritarianism” is usually just coded language to demonize anti-colonial countries. It’s almost never used to refer to the “civilized” capitalist metropoles like the US and Europe, who have done their best to strangle every country that dares to exist outside their orbit.