Sure, you are free to ignore me. But you should expect exactly this sort of response anytime you advocate for draconian authoritarian states. Freedom ain’t free; it is bought at the cost of eternal vigilance and a willingness to defend basic liberties from those who would seek to deny them. People who have lived through these terrors in the 20th century know just how real and non-academc this is.
I said “we can imagine X,” not “we should strive to create X.”
I objected to descriptions like “dictatorship,” “autocracy,” and “authoritarian” because those are words with actual meanings which don’t necessarily apply to the institutions under discussion. For example, a democracy may pass and enforce laws without becoming a dictatorship.
I have objections to this comment, but I don’t think that continuing this conversation in this medium is likely to be the best use of our time.
Sure, you are free to ignore me. But you should expect exactly this sort of response anytime you advocate for draconian authoritarian states. Freedom ain’t free; it is bought at the cost of eternal vigilance and a willingness to defend basic liberties from those who would seek to deny them. People who have lived through these terrors in the 20th century know just how real and non-academc this is.
I said “we can imagine X,” not “we should strive to create X.”
I objected to descriptions like “dictatorship,” “autocracy,” and “authoritarian” because those are words with actual meanings which don’t necessarily apply to the institutions under discussion. For example, a democracy may pass and enforce laws without becoming a dictatorship.