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Politics : The Trump Presidency

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To: i-node who wrote (198800)4/14/2021 7:58:11 AM
From: Lane31 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) of 361757
 
>>Conceptually, authoritarianism requires a structure, otherwise how would anyone know whom to obey.

Conceptually, Yugo cars had a structure.

Was that an attempt at a joke? Or maybe a brush-off? Because it sure doesn't make any sense.

Me, from yesterday:

Words express concepts. Cheating, for example, is different from corruption. It's also different from outmaneuvering. Or overpowering. Or outsmarting. (Same thing goes for lies and sales talk, etc.) You're just flailing around in the gauzy ether if you can't identify the concept and put it in the right box. Flailing around is just fine if you just want to have yourself a satisfying rant. For something constructive, for understanding, no so much.
From the dictionary:

compartmentalize

to divide into categories or compartments.


differentiate

distinguish;
to perceive the difference in or between.


Now, what in the world was your point? You are attempting an analogy comparing a system of government to a car? And that is somehow apt?



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