Because it is an authoritarian state, and to be clear I’m more afraid of the US because of where I live. I just find any non-horizontally organized states that have a lot of power, especially authoritarian ones, to be scary in general.
All states are “authoritarian,” in that all are monopolies on violence. The benefit of China is that the working classes control the state, so its authority is used in the interest of the people.
I realize the redudancy of using the word “authoritarian” to describe something inherently authoritarian, the state. I have an open enough mind to accept that I was using the word incorrectly, there is no need to call me names.
How exactly is China “quite scary?”
Because red scare
Red scary 👻
Because it is an authoritarian state, and to be clear I’m more afraid of the US because of where I live. I just find any non-horizontally organized states that have a lot of power, especially authoritarian ones, to be scary in general.
All states are “authoritarian,” in that all are monopolies on violence. The benefit of China is that the working classes control the state, so its authority is used in the interest of the people.
Thanks for the correction here, as I had a misunderstanding of what the word “authoritarian” is describing.
No worries!
As opposed to those non-horizontally organised, non-authoritarian ones, you absolute dumbass.
I realize the redudancy of using the word “authoritarian” to describe something inherently authoritarian, the state. I have an open enough mind to accept that I was using the word incorrectly, there is no need to call me names.