Hacker News Reader

"left-authoritarian" is an oxymoron. The left is pretty diverse, but anti-authoritarianism is a common thread.

Actually - worse - it's a talking point used to defang actual authoritarianism rising in the world today via false equivalence.

View on HN

I think antifascism is probably more the common thread on the left than anti-authoritarian; the distinction being that fascism is largely associated with right wing authoritarianism. The left still supports authoritarian policies. Some examples of this include gun control and censorship of hate speech.

This is not true. Left/Right and Authoritarian/Liberty are separate and overlapping spectrums. Pick your favorite post-communist-revolution country as an example of Left-authoritarianism.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com