• Lovely_sombrero [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Evil USSR, where you were like ~8x less likely to be in a gulag when compared to current US prison rates.

    I remember someone linking how the population of Gulags rapidly decreased after 1917, but I don't remember from where. Have to find it!

    • ProfessorAdonisCnut [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Source on 8x lower? Mortality was definitely lower in the later years of the GULAG system than it currently is in US prisons, but numbers I've seen were <2x (maybe a bit more with probably the rampant COVID deaths :amerikkka: )

      Oh wait I get it, because you were just that much less likely to be imprisoned...

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        3 years ago

        From what i understand the US prison system has more people than the GULAG ever did, both in absolute numbers and per capita numbers.

        • OgdenTO [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Yes but the gulag imprisoned the rich and entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs!