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Okay fair point. What about regular old prison labour?
You mean prison slavery? That's the US, get on it lol
Hey I'm not discriminating, I think US and China compete very well on prison populations.
Not really, and you can thank every president after and including Nixon for that. Specially Nixon and Reagan though.
How reliable do you think those numbers are?
Reliable enough for Wikipedia, it seems.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_United_States_incarceration_rate_with_other_countries
Yeah a cursory look does seem to confirm the USA is a world leader in locking people up!
China is sadly far behind in yet another key metric. But they're making good headway by having almost as many Uighers in camps as their entire prison population!
Thanks for the sources.
Not a thing where I live, so I didn't even consider that.