BanMeFromPosting comments on thank you Serbia

thank you Serbia (europe.pub)

submitted 3 days ago by magi093@l.tta.wtf to c/curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works

308 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Post by tumblr user "lizardsfromspace": "People still doing 'do you think voting can fix this' memes when the answer to the question 'when did voting last end an authoritarian regime' is 'two days ago'"

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] BanMeFromPosting@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

"Dictatorship" is not just a synonym for any unelected leader. Begging you people to learn what the words you use mean

parent

hideshow 2 child comments

[–] FatherPeanut@pawb.social 1 point 1 day ago* (1 child)

Dictators can still be voted for, and many of them are through highly rigged elections. A burecrat is someone who's appointed to a position of power, which'd be closer in alignment with that definition. Really I don't think either term would apply here in good faith.

parent

hideshow 1 child comment

[–] BanMeFromPosting@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago*

Oligarch is right there, but these people wanna misuse every term they hear.
There's also plenty of people put in positions of power that aren't classified as bureaucrats (like the Catholic clergy, a bunch of different regional administrators of the byzantine, latin and SEA Empires)

parent