The thing that frustrates me the most about authoritarian governments is...

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McmadnessV3
09/21/2025
11:57 AM
#1
that its always an excuse to do the most heinous shit possible.

Like they all hold practically unchallenged power and could easily do a lot of good things without even compromising themselves all that much (if at all) and they just don't.
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JoeDangIt
09/21/2025
12:01 PM
#2
Honestly they don't have to do any good, just being indifferent would be an improvement.
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HighSeraph
09/21/2025
12:04 PM
#4
Most of them actually believe they're doing good things.
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Choco
09/21/2025
12:07 PM
#5
doesn't singapore have a government that's very authoritarian but generally considered as doing a good job

i might totally be misremembering though
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NO2_Fiend
09/21/2025
12:09 PM
#6
Power corrupts all. Even if a person rose to absolute power who was altruistic to the core eventually all the ass kissing and limitless power would erode that altruism and you'd get just another Hitler on your hands (not implying Hitler was good in the beginning btw).
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Rantman
09/21/2025
12:10 PM
#7
the thing is they think they are doing good, it's just that their idea of "good" is "exterminate the poor / LGBT / disabled / etc."
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Accolon
09/21/2025
12:11 PM
#8
Another thing to keep in mind is the primary focus of these kinds of governments is maintaining their power and control.
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ai123
09/21/2025
12:21 PM
#9
Authoritarians tend to derive their authority from people with the worst intentions.

See: Trump, Donald.
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