What does incarceration rate have to do with how good the country is? Do you really believe that the income is more equal in China? If you are going to talk about the "concentration camps" on the USA border I'm going to need photo evidence too. Here is a photo of the camp in Xinjiang:

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No, this photo is not fake.

[–] Commiejones@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What does incarceration rate have to do with how good the country is?

not "how good it is" "How it treats its people" America locks up its people way more (531/100k) than other China (119/100k). Is imprisoning people treating them well?

Kids in cages. There's some photo's there and I think you'll probably respect WaPo as a source.

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You can try again but I'm gonna guess that it is just a picture of a building or some prisoners with no context on how many people are there or why they are there.

[–] randint@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I apologize for saying "how good it is." I was in a rush and couldn't think of a better phrase.

I just read through the article from the Washington Post you linked. That really is bad and I believe that the Trump government should not have treated the (although illegal) immigrants. The grim appearance of that facility really isn't something that the immigrants should have faced when they set foot on the US. However, compare that to the situation in Xinjiang. Here is an opinion post from the Washington Post. What China is doing to its Uyghurs is genocide. Not that it justifies anything that the US have done to its immigrants, but in comparison what the US is doing seem pretty mild.