• yourgodlucifer@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    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.

        • M0oP0o@mander.xyz
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          2 hours ago

          Odd way to argue, but I can get you both:

          Communism (no idea why you wanted this its kinda a non sequitur): a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.

          Authoritarian: Favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority, especially that of the government, at the expense of personal freedom.

          Notice that jailing people can fall into the authoritarian set but does not in itself make a nation authoritarian. Take the US for example, its worse then being authoritarian (at least the following the rules would keep you out of jail mostly) since its high incarceration rates have more to do with private prisons making money and providing political kickbacks then any attempt at enforcing authoritarian rule.