Fair, but I don't think many governments now reviled as Authoritarian actually were.
Almost any European govt before Louis XIV, for sure, but also Salazar, and even Franco once he was secure.
All of those governed less intrusively than the modern EU.
Authoritarianism anywhere outside an actual battlefield is a blight, regardless of whatever ideals or ideology it claimed when starting out.
Less government is always more, unless you're in the circle of royal cronies and parasites.
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2026-09-26 04:38:38 UTC
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