• macabrett[they/them]@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    I flubbed one stat that doesn’t really move the needle on the point I was trying to make. I was thinking of world powers and didn’t double check to make sure nations scorned by empire didn’t barely hedge the US out of the top 5 on per capita (though another of its territories made it).

    America is a remarkably “authoritarian” country by all standards whether they be prisons, police spending, or military spending.

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      2 months ago

      I do agree with the US being quite authoritarian and that the US are a good example why capitalism in this form is very bad.

      My only points are, that the world is not black and white. There may still be points where the US are doing good (national parks may come to ones mind) and China is surely no workers paradise.