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What's a Tankie? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I keep hearing the term in political discourse, and rather than googling it, I'm asking the people who know better than Google.

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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Where the state has extra power that they can use to enforce their goals

Extra power in comparison to what? What is the normal amount of state power?

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That’s a debate since authoritarianism to libertarianism is a spectrum so there is no official “normal” and its generally used qualitatively on individual polices

    Regulated and censoring speech - auth Absolute freedom of speech - lib Limiting speech to prohibit only speech that can cause harm to others - somewhere in the middle

    Requiring the state to dispense all drugs - auth No drug regulations, no dea, no fda- lib Some drug regulations including requiring “generally recognized as safe and effective”- somewhere in the middle

    No country is full auth or full lib

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