I keep hearing the term in political discourse, and rather than googling it, I’m asking the people who know better than Google.

  • BussyCat@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    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

    • An Original Thought@lemmy.ml
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      11 hours ago

      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

      So, essentially, it’s subjective?