by Alexandru Giboi

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Authoritarianism has become one of the most misused words in today’s power play. It’s thrown around in debates, often with the goal of silencing opponents rather than for actually describing reality. I’m not going to give you the definition of the word. You can find a good one here. Instead, I want to talk about how I see it being used today as a “scarecrow” – something to frighten the public, not to actually describe reality. I see it being used by people who appear confident in their arguments, yet often misrepresent, willingly or not, what authoritarianism really means, contributing to the overall confusion on the term itself.

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