Think Debtors Prisons Are a Thing of the Past? Not in Mississippi

Re:Think Debtors Prisons Are a Thing of the Past? Not in Mis... by dpau on Saturday January 11, 2020 @10:44PM (#22024317)

I find it sad to see this type of argument, increasingly it seems our only justification for the decline of the US is, "At least we're not as bad as X." As in, "Sure companies and the gov sell all our data, but at least we're not like China!". Feels like we've given up even trying to live up to our liberal Western ideals...

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Re:Think Debtors Prisons Are a Thing of the Past? Not in Mis... by duxup on Saturday January 11, 2020 @11:35PM (#22024504)

It's not a justification for anything.

It is a response providing perspective to questions like "but are we much better?"

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Re:Think Debtors Prisons Are a Thing of the Past? Not in Mis... by giancarlostoro on Sunday January 12, 2020 @12:44AM (#22024698)

Agreed, and I should of elaborated: sure we're worse in the case of incarceration, but our legal system is still way better than in other countries.

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Re:Think Debtors Prisons Are a Thing of the Past? Not in Mis... by dpau on Sunday January 12, 2020 @01:02AM (#22024749)

There's nothing wrong with comparisons. I just wonder why we started comparing ourselves with the worst rather than the best.

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