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[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

This article is about authority figures, not about authoritarians. That’s like mixing up paediatricians and paedophiles

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You do understand the difference between authority and authoritarianism, right?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You do understand the similarities between authority and authoritarianism in our current world where oligarchs and billionaires control most of the money and a fair chunk of the security services?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

No. If I’m a doctor with qualifications in microbiology and I tell you that vaccines are important an effective, then I’m it’s worth listening to me because I’m authoritative, more so than the random guy on YouTube. It’s the erosion of **authority ** as a problem that the article is about.