The thing with authoritarians is this: they don't respect any norms or rights. They only respect power. Everything they do is a trial balloon: if it works, they take it as a sign that they can keep pushing further. They won't take a step back until they encounter real resistance.
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You can't just hope that authoritarians will spontaneously become more reasonable if you start appeasing them. It's the exact opposite. They will see you as weak and they will keep repeating the same playbook, on a larger scale.
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So tell me why he got punished? He has no freedom? https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/01/01/science/watson-dna-genetics-race.amp.html …
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Freedom is based on how you define it under certain historical background. Each has freedom within the range.
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It is meaningless to use it when some people already have a stand. You can't wake up someone pretending to be asleep
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