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[–] Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Are you suggesting America isn't authoritarian?

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

I'll bite, compared to Russia or China, the U.S. is not an authoritarian state.

Do you think it is?

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 16 minutes ago* (last edited 16 minutes ago)

They have a larger prison population then any other country and spend more on military than the next several countries combined

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

why prison pop is so high then?

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 24 minutes ago (1 children)

how is that different from "an authoritarian state"

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 2 points 20 minutes ago
[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 6 hours ago

Are you suggesting term length has anything to do with authoritarianism?

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 2 points 17 hours ago

The gulag system is mostly for the blacks, we are not the same.JPEG.