Yes: when you start by saying the institutions are the problem -"there is lots of waste in government/media does seem biased/higher ed doesn't defend free speech"- you are adopting the frames of the authoritarian.

They don't want efficiency, or unbiased coverage, or free speech! They want control!
Reposted from Brendan Nyhan
Stop pretending that the authoritarian repression is BECAUSE of the problems in {higher education, the media, the law, government, immigration policy, etc.}. This is what authoritarians do. If they didn't focus on these justifications, they'd come up with other ones.

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