• Sprinklebump@lemm.ee
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      Disagree.

      In fact I find it is a better measure of oppressive goverment than most indicators.

      What you really mean to say is most goverments are oppressive and authoritarian. Show me a country with a large prison population and I will show you an authoritarian country.

      Please see the zapatistas. For non police state goverment.

      • brain_in_a_box [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        1 year ago

        How is it a useful measure of oppressive governments when it applies to all of them?

        The Zapatistas are not a state government and they do police their territory.