• 4zi [he/him, comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    Authoritarianism is when Stalin personally sends people to ‘labor camps’ but it’s not authoritarianism when millions of Americans are in ‘prisons’ that just happen to have work programs

    • TreadOnMe [none/use name]
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      1 year ago

      In 'private' prisons. You see they aren't part of the state, even though the state legitimates their violence.