The US has forced prison labor. We can talk about how bad the Chinese government is, but their economy is not built on forced labor anymore than the US is built on prison labor.
I also think any form of forced work in the US prison system is pretty awful, but don’t try to equivocate Chinese “reeducation” camps with regular prison. Not anywhere close to the same thing.
Have you asked any of the inmates at the Angola "working farm" in Louisiana?
Apparently 63% are serving life terms, 27% more than 20 years.
Doesn't seem worse than China's attempt to iron out a seditious, violent sub-culture that was actually detonating bombs amongst civilians? Most seem to have closed, so the maximum term < 10 years.
Neither are good ideas IMHO - but one way worse than the other? Come now.
Kirby64|10 months ago
ta20240528|10 months ago
Apparently 63% are serving life terms, 27% more than 20 years.
Doesn't seem worse than China's attempt to iron out a seditious, violent sub-culture that was actually detonating bombs amongst civilians? Most seem to have closed, so the maximum term < 10 years.
Neither are good ideas IMHO - but one way worse than the other? Come now.