random@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ye Power Trippin' Bastards@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 8 days agothe us is an authoritarian statelemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square156fedilinkarrow-up1480arrow-down155file-text
arrow-up1425arrow-down1imagethe us is an authoritarian statelemmy.blahaj.zonerandom@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ye Power Trippin' Bastards@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square156fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareyourgodlucifer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down6·7 days agoWhile we aren’t as bad as some other countries we are still pretty authoritarian we have the largest prison population in the world and have one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. That doesn’t happen without being authoritarian.
minus-squarehorse_battery_staple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down4·6 days agoWhy? You won’t define communism. ACAB really is universal.
minus-squareBrainInABox@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6 days agoActually you are as bad as other countries, usually worse by any objective measure.
While we aren’t as bad as some other countries we are still pretty authoritarian we have the largest prison population in the world and have one of the highest incarceration rates in the world.
That doesn’t happen without being authoritarian.
Define authoritarian
Why? You won’t define communism.
ACAB really is universal.
Actually you are as bad as other countries, usually worse by any objective measure.