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> Unless you live in a third-world country... Funny how some people fantasize all the autocratic, dystopian shit must always be going down in the "third world"

• gosub100 2y ago
  Would you rather have a judicial "miscalculation" happen to you in the US or Iran?
  • Jochim 2y ago
    The US will happily execute someone who could very well be innocent. Robert Robertson is currently alive on a technicality[0]. [0] https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-set-execute-robert-roberson-shaken-baby-syndrome-case-rcna175696 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-set-execute-rober...
    • gosub100 2y ago
      False equivalency
      • mcmcmc 2y ago
        How? Spouting off the name of a logical fallacy is not a good faith response
        • gosub100 2y ago
          Because spouting off the name of one person wrongfully convicted is meaningless. I didn't deny there are miscarriages of justice in any country. Iran's civil rights record is among the bottom in the world, bested only by NK and other hell holes.
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• 3abiton 2y ago
  I think there is a basis for such worry, "Why Nation Fails" highlight the aspects of corruption and non-independent/transparent judiciary system and absue of police force as a big reasons why countries fail. And if you want to compare western police force corruption to others, I invite you to check what happened in egypt 10 yo.
• derefr 2y ago
  What name would you prefer for the category that includes Myanmar, Turkmenistan, and Eritrea?
  • atemerev 2y ago
    and Russia, Turkey, China, Hungary, UAE, and recently the United States of America.