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hoolstoptheheels

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You just mean in the US I presume. Internationally, there are endless


Examples. Communism is nothing more than left wing fascism. We're talking about Orwellian measures taken by Communist China in this thread. NK is probably the most brutal dictatorship on earth.

I know I'll piss off FDR fans with this, but the best example of an American authoritarian lefty is FDR IMO. During the New Deal years he decided judicial review was too much of a nuisance, and figured he'd just replace the entire supreme court himself. Who needs Congress? Not to mention he was the guy who decided Washington's idea of limiting presidents to two terms was for other people. And that little matter of Japanese internment camps.

Authoritarianism is mostly about narcissism and ego, not political affiliation.

[Post edited by hoolstoptheheels at 09/20/2018 1:38PM]

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