• HeartyBeast@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

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

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          8 months ago

          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?

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            8 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.