> where were you when the authoritarian shift from the "war on terror" and "war on drugs"
In parts of the world where "authoritarianism" has a different meaning from where you are, apparently.
In parts of the world where "authoritarianism" has a different meaning from where you are, apparently.
Of course, it's only ever authoritarianism when the others do it.
Interestingly, the George Floyd protests actually caused an order of magnitude more deaths by police than the months of protests in Hong Kong. That isn't the whole picture of course, but it is enlightening how only one of these events is regularly described as authorization. Always the exception.
That's because authoritarianism is:
"a form of government characterized by the rejection of political plurality, the use of a strong central power to preserve the political status quo, and reductions in the rule of law, separation of powers, and democratic voting"
Hong Kong has great police. The problem for Hong Kongers is that they're in service of an authoritarian government. The US has terrible police, but that's not because of authoritarianism.