I mean, it’s pretty rich USA talking to anyone about authoritarianism, regardless of who’s in office. I mentioned yellow journalism in another thread that began with the Spanish - American war, but even before then, we’ve always had death-labor camps. The authoritarianism waxes and wanes, depending on who’s on the Hill, but we’re supposed to evolve, rather than devolving and forcing stagnation/devolution on the rest of the world. And for all their faults, it’s part of the reason our revolutionary founders urged isolationist policy. The Great Wars changed the equation a bit, but only because our burgeoning hegemony was threatened. And yes, this is oversimplifying, but the gist.
I mean, it’s pretty rich USA talking to anyone about authoritarianism, regardless of who’s in office. I mentioned yellow journalism in another thread that began with the Spanish - American war, but even before then, we’ve always had death-labor camps. The authoritarianism waxes and wanes, depending on who’s on the Hill, but we’re supposed to evolve, rather than devolving and forcing stagnation/devolution on the rest of the world. And for all their faults, it’s part of the reason our revolutionary founders urged isolationist policy. The Great Wars changed the equation a bit, but only because our burgeoning hegemony was threatened. And yes, this is oversimplifying, but the gist.