• Socsa@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    This is literally the question that liberal democracy seeks to answer. “What is the nature of just government?” The answer so far, is more or less to give people individual liberty and mechanisms for political self determination. Then, ostensibly, laws reflect consensus rather than rogue authority.

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      5 months ago

      I like the way you put that. So maybe “Authoritarianism” as a noun should be defined as the point at which individual liberty is over ridden and/or where laws do not reflect consensus. As opposed to authoritarianism as an adjective…