Enrico_sw
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Yes, he's wrong to do so. But at least, it's a country with elections, that's not authoritarian. And the press will never let him contest the election. It's done, he has lost, don't worry. I have never seen him say that. Any link to share? On the other hand, I see that politicians like AOC are starting to talk about making lists. There's too much uniformity in the media. Uniformity leads to monopoly, which leads to a weakening of democracy. Yes, he has a choleric personality and he should be less aggresive. But that doesn't make him an authoritarian. He was wrong to say that. BTW, I'm still waiting for Twitter to ban the French feminist that said "we should erradicate men", because that's hate speech as well. IIRC, he was talking about MS-13. My understanding is that the same policy was applied during the previous administration. I may be wrong, so feel free to give more details. Immigration is a difficult topic. There are pros and cons. It's not all good or all bad. There are lots of grey areas. You talk about the education system in the US: well I think it's being crippled by affirmative action, that led to discriminatory policies against Asian migrants. We don't have this system in France, and I hope it never comes here, because it fuels lots of resentment and discrimination. Well, I try to draw conclusions based on evidence, and here it's very thin. You can dislike his policies, and you have every right to do so, but that's not enough to call him authoritarian. I've studied authoritarian regimes throughout history (both far right and far left regimes) and Trumpland was far from one. Mostly because the press is free (and massively against him), the elections are free too and there are two parties (not one). Sure, it's not a perfect democracy, and people yell at each other all the time, but it's not China.
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Fascist regimes came to power in parliamentary systems that often times struggled with very harsh economic depression. Their underlying hateful ideologies were promoted by a fair share of the press. Look at which ideologies are massively promoted by the press nowadays (I'm not talking about the handful of news outlets that don't go with the flow, but the majority of the media). Look at wich ideologies the big oligopolies (like big tech) promote. That's a big indicator of where the totalitarian tendencies are stronger. I may be wrong, but we'll see.
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Look, I understand you don't like him and that's perfectly fine, I'm not too fond of him myself, he's crude, vulgar, and all these things, but I don't think he's authoritarian. Also, I think that some of his opponents are way worse. I hope we can civilly exchange in a constructive manner on this topic, like we usually do, because I don't think that the media reports on all this are fair enough, and that bothers me. Sure, he lied and that's terrible. But the media lied, big tech lied and censored, left politicians lie. That's terrible, I'd prefer to be in a world where nobody lies, but unfortunately, lying is a common trait these days. I know some of his supporters did share some conspiracies and that's terrible; him, I don't remember any (but it's possible). On the other hand, I can see that his opponents promote many conspiracy theories like the patriarchy (one of the craziest theories ever and one that leads to massive distrust in society), the supposed Russian collusion and, more generally, all the identity politics that are based on theories that cause hatred and division. I agree that "us vs them" ideologies are terrible, but that's exactly what his opponents are promoting. The patriarchy is an "us vs them" theory. Identity politics in general create an "us vs them" situation and these politics are promoted by the far left and the far right. The difference is that, thankfully, the far right has no voice in the media. But the far left is overwhelmingly present in the media. You hear about their theories every day. Honestly, I don't see that. But I remember the media protecting antifas that burnt cities and saying "peaceful protests". The mass media hates him (most outlets are left leaning except for a handful of news outlets). IMHO, Trump is a co-creation of the media, he's the scarecrow that helped them boost their sales by telling tales of the dangerous orange monster. In an authoritarian regime, the leader needs the media, but he didn't have them. It's not typical of authoritarians, because in authoritarians regimes, the press colludes with the leader. So, the leader never has to insult the press. In China, a 100% of the press is pro Xi. Same for the Russian press and Putin. There are no defeats in authoritarian regimes, because there are no elections (or they are masquerades). The electoral system in the US is archaic. In many states you don't need an ID to vote. That's crazy. Of course, I agree that it's not particularly against him, but still that's archaic. Twitter kept censoring him and his partisans. Twitter has a huge political bias. One of the first US president that didn't start a war (for around 50 years). As for dividing people, look at those who make lists (like AOC).
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Time to fight back the Big Tech oligopoly! https://www.factcheckzuck.com/
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I can definitely see the filiation with Sekiro, though DS3 seems "easier" because you can have ranged attacks, powers and shields (Sekiro is mostly the katana, the handtools are very limited). I have to get used to the combat mechanics, because it's much much more complicated than Sekiro's. It's also more diverse (many weapons, powers, etc.). I kinda randomly make my choices so far, even if I know it's irreversible. The graphics look a bit old, cause it's an old game, but I still like it. Sekiro is much more beautiful though. I don't understand anything about the lore, except that we're supposed to be play an unkindled, that has to find Lords of cinders and that we must kill a bunch of monsters to do so.... Have you played it and if so, which playstyle did you choose?
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Great idea! Same here. Quarantine sucks Hey, I'm sure he'll do great! Go Stormbringer, be free like a bird
Strong leader doesn't mean an autoritarian regime. You need the press and the cultural milieu to really be authoritarian. In the West, the left has applied Gramsci's principles: the battle for cultural hegemony, and, they won. Trump may appear strong, but Big Tech, the mainstream media, Hollywood and many other cultural industries all rooted for the left. That's not what I call a strong power. If CNN was Russian and made a single bad comment on Putin by mistake, they'd be licking his boots the next day to say they're sorry. The Left is not good or bad per se. Same for the Right. It's just that when an ideology becomes a monopoly, terrible things tend to happen (like making lists).
I bet that less than 1% of the people who voted for Biden read what he had to say. "Orange man bad" was his program. He won't be held accountable anyway, because he's supported by those who "matters": big tech, the media (except a handful of outlets), Hollywood (which shouldn't be a political voice, but they are). As for fighting Covid, Western countries are the worst. Lockdown and restrictions are the worst strategies. The most successful countries are in Asia (Taiwan, South Korea, etc.) and they rely on massive testing campaign and isolation of positive people (not everybody). The West is shooting itself in the foot with the lockdowns. California is one of the worst examples. What's autoritarian in what he did? Authoritarinism is when the media, the press, the cultural world are all rooting for the power. And in the US, they're all (or nearly all) rooting for the left / far left. Who's talking about lists today? AOC. Let's not forget that the 20th century had plenty of very authoritarian left regimes (USSR, Cambodia, CCP, etc.) Yes, I definitely agree with that. And with AOC starting to demand for lists (on twitter, the censorship platform), I'm worried that the authoritarians are coming to power. Democracy hasn't won IMHO.
^ Ultimately, Twitter (and facebook) is the one who won the election. This blue-bird platform is disgusting. They censor anyone that disagrees with their ideologies, and they invent all sorts of pretexts to do it (like "hate speech", the other name of "wrongthink"), but: - nutcases who say: "we should erradicate men", like a famous Parisian city councillor = totally fine - psychotic writers who say "I hate all men, we will lock them", like a famous French author = wonderful, she's so progressive - people who make lists, who threaten, who dox = all good, as long as they've the "good ideology" I despise our times and it's getting worse. Such a clown world.
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I started playing Dark Souls 3 Since Cyberpunk is not going to be there before long (maybe next year..................), I had to find a new game. This one is a classic, but I didn't really know it and I like it a lot!
I don't understand why she has so many fans (she's pretty, but that's it - and that's certainly not enough to be a politician!). She's an extremist with an angel face.
That does look like purges.... https://thepostmillennial.com/new-blacklist-of-trump-sycophants-inspired-by-aoc-being-compiled These people are horrible and twitter doesn't consider it a call for hate and discrimination?
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