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Re:The Shadow Penal System for Struggling Kids by EdwardDiego on Monday October 11, 2021 @10:59AM (#28829050)
> For her first six weeks, she would be a Little Sister. She had to stay six feet away from people, including staff. She was not allowed to speak, except to her two Big Sisters

I feel like they're somehow violating Margaret Atwood's copyrights with the naming, nevermind the religious oppression.

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Re:The Shadow Penal System for Struggling Kids by 0xcde4c3db on Monday October 11, 2021 @11:31AM (#28829475)
I think if anything, it's the other way around. Atwood didn't invent the ideology or the practices; she was speculating about what it would be like if these people actually ran society instead of just being in the orbit of real power.
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