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[-] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 4 points 8 months ago

You do understand the difference between authority and authoritarianism, right?

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca -1 points 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?

[-] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 4 points 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.

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