[kaktuskid]

Putin just poisons his enemies.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

That is still authoritarian rather than totalitarian. Poison was used by the Romans and probably the Pharaohs as well.

For a long time no one brought up Kirkpatrick's paper and the words authoritarian and totalitarian were being used interchangeably even though they have distinct meanings.

Now someone finally mentions it, but distorts the meaning much like when people refer to experimental jabs as "vaccines" or CRT/LGBTQ+ propaganda as "history lessons".