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top ten loopholes (lemmy.cafe)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/politicalmemes

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

except as a punishment for crime

The United States has the largest known prison population in the world, it has 5% of the world’s population, and 20% of the world’s incarcerated persons. China, with four times more inhabitants, has fewer persons in prison.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States

[–] PugJesus 52 points 6 months ago (1 children)

China, with four times more inhabitants, has fewer persons in prison.

China, being well-known for its honesty and upstanding record-keeping. That's why they punished Al-Jazeera English for investigating their prison system, and why nothing at all is going on in Xinjiang.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Welll, there's also 1.8 million Uyghurs being reeductated, which is more than the 1.2 million in the prison system. So, one number is bigger than another and doesn't even count the Chinese prison system.

[–] heartpatcher 8 points 6 months ago

So nice of them to educate them twice 😊

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Guess what happens when you introduce a third party that benefits from higher incarceration numbers…

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

Proceed directly to step 4.