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by refurb 164 days ago
No, you could make a weak case for the US doing that by using vague definitions and a lot of handwaving.

The Chinese government does this a lot.
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fragmede 163 days ago
The number of black Americans in prison over weed for decades is not a weak case.
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refurb 162 days ago
Putting people in prison for weed, something China does as well, is not the same as imprisoning people for blog posts (something China does the US doesn't).
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fragmede 162 days ago
The US is sending off-colored people who say wrong things online without the right paperwork to camps.

really doesn't seem to be as stark a difference as there once was.

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