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Re:The 2 Simple Reasons the Soviet Union Was Doomed to Fail by anamax on Friday November 19, 2010 @03:04PM (#1922581)
> The US jails far more people today than the USSR ever managed to. It seems to be working out okay for us.

Who you jail and the effect that said jailing has on other people also matters.

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Re:The 2 Simple Reasons the Soviet Union Was Doomed to Fail by face on Friday November 19, 2010 @03:57PM (#1922768)
So, it's fine to jail millions, as long as they're people who sell or smoke pot and not people who you consider important?
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Re:The 2 Simple Reasons the Soviet Union Was Doomed to Fail by anamax on Saturday November 20, 2010 @01:41AM (#1924021)
I didn't say that either jailing system was good. I said that they had different properties.

But, now that you've brought it up, do you think that they're equally bad? (Note - "both bad" doesn't imply "equal".)

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