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[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 12 points 11 hours ago

Power corrupts.

A meaningless platitude; as baseless as saying that lightning never strikes the same place twice. Liberals just think it's true because they've created a system where people who were already corrupt gain power.

The only true answer is not play,

Yeah man, people should just "not play" real life. Fuck me, Western liberals really are the most privileged fuckers: all just a game to them.

You’ll notice that there are no real arguments that he isn’t a authoritarian/dictator.

???.

Other than the arguments people are making that he was democratically elected. Those are objectively arguments, regardless of your feelings on them.

Maduro absolutely is an authoritarian

Name one country that is oppositional to the West that you don't "consider" authoritarian.