• Sarcasmo220@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I don’t stop with authoritarianism as the only measure of people being oppressed. There are a ton of ways USA citizens are being oppressed. We just vote for who our oppressors are.

    “Dictatorships are inherently unstable: you can slaughter, imprison, and brainwash entire generations and their children will invent the struggle for freedom anew. But promise every man a chance to impose the will of the majority upon his fellows, and you can get them all together behind a system that pits them against each other.” Source

    • Candelestine@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I agree, there are many forms of oppression. However, without the rule of law, the oppression would become rather Mad Max, instead of just disappearing.

      We had oppression before we had states. So long as one man can hurt another with physical damage, oppression will be possible