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?

  • jaxxed@lemmy.world
    143·
    10 hours ago

    It’s not lemmy.ml as a source, but rather a symptom.

    I see two things going on:

    1. A general fall in trust in democratic institutions, as those institutions fail to represent people adequately;
    2. A clear realization of global injustice perpetuated by democratc countries against the will of people.

    There aren’t many that that think that Iran’s goverment is good for Iranian people, but they do see that they are defending their civilization. This umderstanding requires that the observer is able to maintain two observations at the same time, instead of requoring complete black & white intepretations.

    • Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml
      51·
      3 hours ago

      by democratic countries against the will of the people

      Seems like maybe they’re not actually democratic at all