• muddi [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      The Federation is built on principles that run counter to Maoism in important respects like allowing differences of opinion and anti-authoritarianism.

      Do you know what the “mass line” concept by Mao is?

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      like allowing differences of opinion and anti-authoritarianism

      Getting steamrolled by nazis after inviting them to the table under pompous pretenses of “allowing differences of opinion” isn’t even a viable starter for a government. The Weimar Republic comes to mind.

      The in-setting excuse for why the Federation survived at all, shaky as it was, is that it employs cryptofascists already and gives them unchecked privileges to surveil, harm, and murder on a whim to maintain the status quo: Section 31. You might be a fan.