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Re:Workers of the World, Take PTO by catiopatio on Monday May 01, 2023 @12:49PM (#35775510)
In a very literal sense, this is an absolute false equivalency meant to obfuscate and excuse the truly horrific behavior of the Soviet state.

I see the tankies are out in force for May Day.

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Re:Workers of the World, Take PTO by onion2k on Monday May 01, 2023 @06:51PM (#35780389)
There is nothing about the use of prison labor that benefits a free market. The opposite is true. By controlling a source of labor that can operate at below market prices it's easy to destroy any competion and gain total control. That is the antithesis of free market economics.

If anyone is a 'tankie' it's people who support government-supplied cheap labor...

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