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It's still authoritarian though.
Edit: Just like US, Russia, UK, and most EU nations to varying degrees.
You mean no country you name is devoid of all kinds of authority?
That's not what an authoritarian state/rule means.
I know, thats why I said to varying degrees, and most people would argue with the degree, so I just wanted to nip it in the bud.
China and Russia are, from my perspective, the worst of that list. But the US and other Western states are really catching up right now.
Well that's not how it works, there is no EU country that is autocratic, the USA is not autocratic either. We could argue about Turkey, and Russia is a full blown dictatorship.
It's like saying your diesel car is "an electric car to a degree". It's not true even if there is electricity in there.
is sending someone to prison even though the judiciary system said no, autocratic? (You might think Turkey here, and you would be right also, but I'm talking about USA)
That action only does not make the country an autocracy or every country in the world would be an autocracy. I don't know what you mean with "autocratic" instead of autocracy, is that just your feeling about it?