PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 5 months agoWhy are socialist and communist countries usually considered more authoritarian than capitalist countries?message-squaremessage-square234fedilinkarrow-up1150arrow-down120
arrow-up1130arrow-down1message-squareWhy are socialist and communist countries usually considered more authoritarian than capitalist countries?PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 5 months agomessage-square234fedilink
minus-squarekralk@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down12·5 months agoThis is a good comment, I think. Authoritarianism is defeated with democracy, not economic systems.
minus-squareArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-25 months agoDemocracy can in essence just be tyranny of the majority, as well. It simply isn’t enough of a safeguard against authoritarianism.
This is a good comment, I think. Authoritarianism is defeated with democracy, not economic systems.
Democracy can in essence just be tyranny of the majority, as well. It simply isn’t enough of a safeguard against authoritarianism.