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Many countries include 'Democratic' or 'People's' in their names, even though they are not democratic and do not serve their people. Examples: Democratic People's Republic of Korea Lao People's Democratic Republic People's Democratic Republic of Algeria Democratic Republic of the Congo And German Democratic Republic (East Side) in 1949–1990. None of these states are democratic, power and wealth are concentrated in the hands of a small ruling elite. Who are they fooling with these names?
Virtually every leftist project anywhere in the world has made literacy an incredibly high priority. Cuba's literacy rate went from around 70% under capitalism to 99.8% under socialism. Here's a fucking NYT article from 1976 titled, "North Vietnam Puts the Emphasis on Literacy," which says, "Since 1958 the North Vietnamese have been stressing complementary education, a fundamental expansion of the literacy campaign. . . Complementary education remains an integral part of North Vietnam's educational system." Vietnam went from sub 20% literacy under capitalism to 96% under socialism. For reference, US literacy is at 79%.
Trying to pass off leftist projects as unconcerned with literacy of all thing is one of the wildest and most bizzarely delusional claims I've ever seen anyone make on here, which is a high bar considering how many people just spew out whatever BS sounds good knowing they can dismiss anyone who fact checks them as a "tankie."
If anything, the fact that so-called "authoritarian" leftist projects were so concerned with massive education campaigns, even while dirt poor and even in the midst of fighting for survival should at least give y'all pause regarding the typical, "red fascist" bullshit. It won't, because you can just choose to ignore that pesky reality in favor of your ideological preconceptions, but who knows, maybe the NYT and Miami University are just communist propaganda.
Authoritarianism is just when the executive branch does things, it shouldn't have a moral judgement
That's not how anyone uses it at all.
I mean yes, people love to scream about "authoritarianism" whenever a government they dislike does stuff, but there is absolutely a moral component to that accusation.