PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 months agoWhy are socialist and communist countries usually considered more authoritarian than capitalist countries?message-squaremessage-square233fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down118
arrow-up1119arrow-down1message-squareWhy are socialist and communist countries usually considered more authoritarian than capitalist countries?PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 months agomessage-square233fedilink
minus-squarekralk@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down12·3 months agoThis is a good comment, I think. Authoritarianism is defeated with democracy, not economic systems.
minus-squareArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 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.