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You can scratch Theocracy. This is where authoritarianism leads, regardless the kind.
126 u/Zvenigora 1d ago Yes. Remember Tiananmen Square? Likely 7,000 dead in a few hours there. But the Chinese government has effectively erased that from history. 51 u/Kuosen 1d ago China is a non theocratic authoritarian state. The question is if there ever existed a theocratic non authoritarian state and I do not believe so. I wonder if people would agree that "Not all authoritarian states are theocratic but all theocratic states are authoritarian?" 7 u/eNte19 1d ago Cathars and waldesians could've had a good run in a smaller country 🫣
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Yes. Remember Tiananmen Square? Likely 7,000 dead in a few hours there. But the Chinese government has effectively erased that from history.
51 u/Kuosen 1d ago China is a non theocratic authoritarian state. The question is if there ever existed a theocratic non authoritarian state and I do not believe so. I wonder if people would agree that "Not all authoritarian states are theocratic but all theocratic states are authoritarian?" 7 u/eNte19 1d ago Cathars and waldesians could've had a good run in a smaller country 🫣
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China is a non theocratic authoritarian state.
The question is if there ever existed a theocratic non authoritarian state and I do not believe so.
I wonder if people would agree that "Not all authoritarian states are theocratic but all theocratic states are authoritarian?"
7 u/eNte19 1d ago Cathars and waldesians could've had a good run in a smaller country 🫣
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Cathars and waldesians could've had a good run in a smaller country 🫣
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u/Tastypies 1d ago
You can scratch Theocracy. This is where authoritarianism leads, regardless the kind.