edit: GUYS fuck stalin and fuck tankies, period. i understand that this community is more sensitive than most to pro-stalinist vibes, and i apologize for unintentionally twinging that nerve, but you need stop calling each other (and me) slurs

good heavens, happy new year, fuck incarceration and murder in all forms

(mods pls also do your job and help with the slurs thing)

edit2: big thank u 2 da mods for helping with the slurs thing u guys rock 😎 💕

  • CJOtheReal@ani.social
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    When your gulag population has 50% death rate within a year thats not hard…

    We also aren’t counting people in China’s concentration camps because they aren’t officially prisoners and there aren’t any real numbers…

    But the justice system in USA is shit yes.

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      This comment is excellent.

      If your average prison sentence is 10 years, you will have 10x more prisoners than annual arrests/sentences.

      It’s the same kind of misleading stat as life expectancy being 30 years in medieval time. If you survived childhood you could easily reach your 60s or later, just like how you can live that long without any serious health interventions today.

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        it’s not a misleading stat it’s a stat with nuance. slavery in the U.S. is legal per the 13th amendment, as are for-profit prisons.

        this fiscal motive leads to more sentences for smaller crimes (marijuana possession) for longer times, and it’s obscene.

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        So a 10 year prison sentence isn’t 10 times worse than a one-year sentence? You think 3 people in prison for a month each is worse than two people with a year each?