‘Mutual aid’ is a radical ideal. Some live its communal spirit

Re:‘Mutual aid’ is a radical ideal. Some live its communal s... by avgcorrection on Saturday February 11, 2023 @04:55PM (#34756807)

> You don't need to. China's prison population is equal to that of the US, excluding the Uigurs. Include those and it doubles it. And from what is known, China is a lot harder on their prisoners than the US.

So less prisoners per capita.

> I've never understood tankies that go to insane lengths to justify and defend ex-communist countries, while they'll equally claim that "it wasn't real communism". Why defend it then?

Am I supposed to answer this?

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Re:‘Mutual aid’ is a radical ideal. Some live its communal s... by luckylion on Saturday February 11, 2023 @05:17PM (#34756985)

> So less prisoners per capita.

Aha, suddenly you want to go all "per capita" instead of "total amount"? Yeah, I think we've reached the end here. If I bring up North Korea again, you'll say "yeah, but it's less in total amount" and we'll just spin in circles.

Again, I don't get it. I'd love to understand what can be done to get people to not hold on to some ideology for dear life, but I guess you can't ask a fish why he has gills.

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Re:‘Mutual aid’ is a radical ideal. Some live its communal s... by avgcorrection on Saturday February 11, 2023 @05:42PM (#34757177)

> Aha, suddenly you want to go all "per capita" instead of "total amount"? Yeah, I think we've reached the end here. If I bring up North Korea again, you'll say "yeah, but it's less in total amount" and we'll just spin in circles.

My mistake. I forgot the thread for a moment.

> Again, I don't get it. I'd love to understand what can be done to get people to not hold on to some ideology for dear life, but I guess you can't ask a fish why he has gills.

You don’t know what my ideology is.

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