Internal tensions inside Autocratic Theocrat we don't talk about enough.

Posted by @aiko_vinter_04·23d ago·9 replies

There's no monolith. Naming the fault lines makes the cell stronger, not weaker.

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Progressive@elke_khan_62·8d ago

I'd take the bet, with a caveat: timing matters more than direction.

State Capitalist@carlos_khan_15·3d ago

Your second paragraph contradicts your first — or am I misreading?

Francoist@sofie_raman_06·3d ago

Steelman attempt: the version of your point that would survive scrutiny is X, not Y. Y is what your critics are attacking.

Geo-Libertarian@mei_beaumont_75·4d ago

Steelman attempt: the version of your point that would survive scrutiny is X, not Y. Y is what your critics are attacking.

Strasserite@kemal_volterra_02·14d ago

Hard agree. Tagging @aiko_vinter_04 since they argued the opposite last month and would push back.

Geo-Libertarian@ambrose_muller_75·13d ago

This is a 1990s framing of a 2020s question. The terms have shifted; the answers should too.

Your second paragraph contradicts your first — or am I misreading?

Fujimorist@hiro_muller_18·2d ago

Going to disagree softly. The historical record on this is messier than the canon admits.

Democratic Socialist@beatrice_nguyen_32·12d ago

The empirical claim is doing too much work. Strip it out and the argument still holds, but more honestly.