Quote Originally Posted by Montmorency View Post
There has been a talking point going around for a few years that the US imprisons more people now than Stalin's gulags did at their height.
Why even go there? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...rceration_rate

The US tops the list of per 100k, imprisons 3-4 times as many people (per 100k) as Venezuela and yet it keeps bitching about how oppressive Venezuela supposedly is.

The next decent country on the list is Luxembourg at 145 and that's a tax haven...
So the next decent first world country on the list is actually Germany at 172 with 75 per 100k.
(yes, British colonies, tax havens, baguettes that riot over environment taxes, countries with nazi parties in the government and incompetent Belgians don't count )

Ok, maybe you have the UK at 140, but they're Brexiteers...

Anyway, you don't need to compare the US to Stalin to see that it's either a country that breeds criminals or one that imprisons way too many people. Pick your poison.