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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22447069

The difference between Russian and American authoritarianism

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[–] Shardikprime 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Haha my dude you are comparing gulags to prison in the USA?

LMAO 🤣 i don't want to say Lemmy is disconnected from reality but this kind of posts and the ones blaming Latin Americans and minorities for the election lost just makes everyone here look unhinged

[–] homesweethomeMrL -1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Would you like more information on the guy who died from bedbug bites without being charged or the forced labor or the heat strokes or the murders? What's specifically not comparable?

[–] ManixT 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Would you like more information of the Soviet gulag system? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulag

An estimated 1.6 MILLION people died in detention. And that's not even considering that most of the people imprisoned were just enemies of the Soviet/Russian state.

How much God damn Russian propaganda are you consuming to consider these things even remotely close? The US prison system is a disgrace, but these are not even remotely comparable.

[–] homesweethomeMrL 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How much God damn Russian propaganda are you consuming to consider these things even remotely close?

Shit fuck goddamn bitch ass hell piss your mother cunt fuck ass shit

I mean, none that I’m aware of. You?

[–] ManixT 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

LOL you are literally posting Russian propaganda and you are pretending you're unaware... Or maybe you really are too dumb to tell. Pretty pathetic either way.

[–] homesweethomeMrL 1 points 1 week ago

How long you been in the FOP?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

The old USSR gulags are more like Guantanamo if anything. Today's Russian prisons correspond to today's US prisons pretty much.