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I think we are conflating two different things: the state’s foreign policy stance and its domestic structure.

You are correct that ‘authoritarian’ is often a propaganda label used to justify sanctions or invasion. However, refusing to use the word to describe any state in the Global South implies that the only form of oppression that matters is Western imperialism. That effectively erases the lived experience of people in those nations who might be jailed or disappeared by their own government.

The term ‘authoritarian’ shouldn’t mean ‘enemy of the US.’ It should mean a system where the people have no mechanism to hold their leaders accountable. By that definition, a state can be anti-Zionist and still be authoritarian toward its own citizens. Do you believe there is any word we should use to describe a government that silences its own working class, or should we just stay silent about that to avoid sounding like the US State Department?

A state necessarily exercising authority changes nothing about how violently and uncompromisingly any particular state goes about it. So I’m guessing calling a state plainly authoritarian is essentially saying nothing at all, but if I say your country is as authoritarian as North Korea, you know exactly what I’m saying and that I’m certainly saying something that is neither doublespeak or propaganda, right?

I know this is just thebad.website comic, but I’m genuinely curious (and an idiot) to know what the connection is with generally racist-inclined folk love for saying that everything is common sense. What makes them think in this way?

It’s the backbone of their every argument–no matter what it is, if I ask, “Why do you think x, y, or z is the case?”
It is without a doubt their instant reply, ‘It’s just commonsense!’

ok, I really didn’t know when I made this comment, but I’m pretty sure it’s project manager and no one said it outright so here

Preventative maintenance? Post moderator? Pickup mailman?

Prime Minister? Prime meridian? Protocol maintainer?

What? It’s just a bunch of scripts, nobody actually does that

I have been taking the wrong approach with beginners telling them gentoo is the endgame, but I have seen the light and can only say thank you for showing me the way

Install gentoo

After further review, I respect this greatly :D

This is 1000% what I was trying to imply, but the downvotes reflect many didn’t get it ig😆

You’re not wrong, but …jesus what is that homeserver? I’m gonna go clean the coffee off my monitor now

You… You wouldn’t actually do this, would you?

I forgot the /j

They in cahoots with androids killin aosp?

This is a messed up meme 😂 When I first into’d ubuntu, I really thought I was big-brained for choosing LTS over the more current release. Mentors are so much more important than you’d think when you’re 14ish

Wait I’m confused, did OP invert it or did you?

Bmarked. Many thanks for the assurance and insight. Prolly best comment I’ve ever gotten on the fediworld

I said the same about ubuntu, debian, then arch. I believed arch and it’s wikis/docs were the endgame. I stayed arching through college ( thought endeavorOS was arch meme for awhile, because why would you want an easier arch install? Turns out, college professors are incorrigible to a maddening degree, and finding so many linux workarounds got me in all types of trouble I didn’t fully understand yet–better wipe and reset for sanity sake…again)

tl;dr I thought all non-windows were jokes before I found precisely what I was looking for all along.

EDIT: tldr itself reads like a joke, I’m just saying I thought almost all distros were a joke until I felt something better was missing–gentoo is where I’ve been for about a decade now. I’m quite worried nix or guix is the joke I will be maining in the future, but I don’t seem to need any of it’s features just yet, but who knows. I’m willing to be persuaded because of how wrong I’ve been…hell might get a comment today opens my eyes to the declarative life any minute now lol

No pain, no gain.😝