Many people on lemmy.ml deeply respect and admire authoritarian governments and organizations.
Iran, China, North Korea, Soviet Union…
The West has many flaws. But our flaws are nothing compared to these guys.
Iran hangs homosexuals. Iran shot 30,000 people in less than than 2 weeks. The Soviet Union had to build a fucking Iron wall to prevent people from escaping. The Soviets lied about the Chernobyl nuclear explosion. China censors the internet. China wants to eliminate Islam. North Korea is a totalitarian hellscape. Watching anime is a crime.
Why is lemmy.ml so fascinated with authoritarians?
They aren’t in love with authoritarian regimes as much as communism. So don’t expect the devs to say nice things about the UAE, for instance.
They’re campists. The thinking extends as far as USA (and the west more broadly) bad, therefore anyone opposed to the west good.
Its how you get supposed Marxists simping for a theocratic dictatorship in Iran and a gangster oligarchy in Russia.
projection, western chauvinism is reeking from your statement