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An indictment of authoritarianism, it portrays a book-burning America of the near future, its central character a so-called fireman, whose job is to light the bonfires.
In a Middle East of static authoritarianism, it has dabbled at times in liberalization and representative governance.
It would be a positive development if the government will use them to further democracy, but if they are used to further authoritarianism, it would be a catastrophe".
Maybe if people would draw clearer lines between fascism and authoritarianism, it would be easier to drive both out of Turkey and the rest of the world.
This is a problem especially because the 1982 Constitution, written while Turkey was under martial law, is infamously a charter for authoritarianism: It is designed to defend the ideological core of the state, not individual rights.
There used to be a remedy for this sort of managerial authoritarianism: it was called a union, which bargained over not only wages and pensions but also the kind of qualitative issues, including promotion and transfer policies, that have proved so vexing for non-unionized employees at Wal-Mart and other big retailers.
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These days, though I am unsure what the left is, my gut recognises authoritarianism when it feels it.
It opposes authoritarianism because it takes nothing on faith.
The AKP is denounced for its authoritarianism, but it has real achievements to boast of, even if these are exaggerated by a compliant media.
That says more about the limitations on Beijing's authoritarianism than it does about its commitment to improve environmental quality in China, whether or not in the Olympic context.China's economic miracle is due to Beijing's removal of itself from the daily lives of its citizens and cession of much authority to localities.
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