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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: i-node who wrote (198800)	4/13/2021 11:44:53 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361656

Yugos had and have a structure. The one's Dan Bricklin imported were a variant of the Fiat 127, designed by Fiat for a company in Yugoslavia. By Western standards, it was primitive and built with a total lack of quality control. Sort of like a British Leyland vehicle of the 1960s. If you know anything about most of the cars that Bricklin sold, this should have been no surprise. Subaru 360 anyone? What about a Bricklin?

To: i-node who wrote (198800)	4/14/2021 7:58:11 AM
From: Lane3	1 Recommendation Recommended By CentralParkRanger Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 361656

>>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?

To: i-node who wrote (198800)	4/14/2021 7:59:54 AM
From: Lane3	2 Recommendations Recommended By bentway CentralParkRanger Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 361656

There is a difference between authoritarianism, which is a form of government, and authoritarian, which is an operational style. An authoritarian government will have an authoritarian at the helm. But authoritarian postures exist in many arenas. The stereotype of a strict teacher would be authoritarian, for example. And authoritarian behavior in a government leader could be a harbinger of an attempt at authoritarianism. So, we have Trump's comments from a covid task force meeting a year ago: Trump: When you say my authority, the president's authority, not mine, because it's not me. This is when somebody is the President of the United States, the authority is total and that's the way it's got to be. Other speaker: It's total. Your authority is total? Trump: It's total. It's total- rev.com When you follow that up with a coup attempt after the election, you have an authoritarian taking over a democratic republic potentially leading to authoritarianism. Think about that next time you try to mistakenly apply the authoritarian label to Biden.