In communist China, there are multiple television programs (television being the main propaganda apparatus) centered around following agents of the state as they target members of oppressed minority groups. There's also programs where the national government displays mugshots and asks citizens to help capture people and put them in torturous dungeons that violate human rights. In many regions, prisons are subject to forced labor for little or no pay. Prisoners frequently go in to lifelong debt, even for minor crimes, due to costs imposed by the state for their prosecution and incarceration.
State officials are frequently caught demanding protection money, and it's not uncommon in some districts for local agents of the state to demand media time in order to tell people that they should be deferential and cooperative with any agent of the state, lest they be subject to violence.
Yes it is. I clocked this immediately because of the amount of cop shows I've watched on US television. You technically have a right to a free lawyer when arrested, but they usually are so overworked and underpaid they'll just make you take a plea deal so your charged offense is slightly lower. SO yeah, you are basically guaranteed to get jail time if you are poor, which makes employment harder, so you will commit crimes again and go back to jail, and you can't provide for your children if you have them, so they will get stuck in the same place. And most prisons are for profit prisons, which are allowed to practice slavery. Most cops will "let you off with a warning" if you bribe them, as long as your skin is the right tone.
In communist China, there are multiple television programs (television being the main propaganda apparatus) centered around following agents of the state as they target members of oppressed minority groups. There's also programs where the national government displays mugshots and asks citizens to help capture people and put them in torturous dungeons that violate human rights. In many regions, prisons are subject to forced labor for little or no pay. Prisoners frequently go in to lifelong debt, even for minor crimes, due to costs imposed by the state for their prosecution and incarceration.
State officials are frequently caught demanding protection money, and it's not uncommon in some districts for local agents of the state to demand media time in order to tell people that they should be deferential and cooperative with any agent of the state, lest they be subject to violence.
I don't get it. Is America like this? (I'm not American so I can't get the reference)
No, I'm talking about China. America would never use prisoners to pick cotton
Yes it is. I clocked this immediately because of the amount of cop shows I've watched on US television. You technically have a right to a free lawyer when arrested, but they usually are so overworked and underpaid they'll just make you take a plea deal so your charged offense is slightly lower. SO yeah, you are basically guaranteed to get jail time if you are poor, which makes employment harder, so you will commit crimes again and go back to jail, and you can't provide for your children if you have them, so they will get stuck in the same place. And most prisons are for profit prisons, which are allowed to practice slavery. Most cops will "let you off with a warning" if you bribe them, as long as your skin is the right tone.