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[–] admins_r_trds@lemmy.wtf 1 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

While this is true I’m not sure what that has to do with authoritarianism. I think the reasons for incarceration speak far more to what is authoritarian and what isn’t. A thousand people incarcerated for murder isn’t authoritarian, a single person jailed for speech is. The US doesn’t have a perfect track record there but it’s far better than most other countries.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 hours ago

Incarceration rates are definitely not a plus in anti-authoritarian case for US. The highest in the world. Blacks or the poor are oppressed as a race/class to feed for profit prisons, and keep them "in line". If voting or speech changed anything it would be made illegal. MLK Jr was erased for influence. Nazi/supremacist speech is free and welcome by the state. Change is not.

A democratic free speech country can be the most evil by far. Speech promoting evil is just more loud than the plebs speech, and media explains to the plebs why oligarchy is bestest speech.

[–] kuato@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

World Incarceration Rates If Every U.S. State Were A Country

The top 35 “countries” in incarceration rates are US states. By this metric, the US is by far the most authoritarian state in the world. And research shows that it is an oligarchy, not a democracy.