Thread:4th of Augustball/@comment-38190122-20200311185625/@comment-31790865-20200312055809

TBH, I didn't know what that was till I looked it up

Upon researching, it looks to be the same as totalitarianism. Considering I believe noone but God is infallable, I will not support despotism. An authoritarian is not the same as a totalitarian as whilst in both limit certain freedoms and such, authoritarianism gives more power to the state whilst totalitarianism and "despotism" gives absolute power to one mans doctrine.

Authoritarianism (in my eyes) is a temporary state of control in which we limit freedoms to save the state from anarchic disarray and cultural degradation. From this power will come the moulding of the society (in order to prevent further radical ideals from seeping into power) into that of a state that prizes tradition, nationalism and religion. With this completed, the Authoritarian nature shall remain in the form of an "Authoritarian Democracy" in which certain politics, voters and organisations are banned (mainly radicals such as Communists, Nazis and Anarchists) but the maintanance of the democratic system and certain (but not all) freedoms are apparent.

(This is my viewpoint anyway so whether you agree to this or not is your choice. Main point I tried to get across is Totalitarianism is bad, Authoritarianism is not).