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We all know that the west uses two different words for the same thing depending on where it is happening.

e.g. Secret Police vs Plainclothes Officer
Regime vs Government

Can we have a compilation thread of these words? I am probably using many of them unconsciously without critical examination.

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[–] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

Community service is not forced labour 💀

You mean prison labour is forced labour. Community service is when they make dumbass teens arrested for something like vandalism or underage drinking, go and work at a soup kitchen, or pick up garbage off the side of the road as punishment.

[–] mustardman@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

they make ... teens ... work

So... Forced labour?

[–] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Picking up garbage and serving homeless people food is forced labour?

Calling those things “forced labour” is horrifically derogatory to those who actually have to work farms, factories, construction work, and other extreme labour while in prison.

You realize that a lot of socialist rehabilitative work is community service correct?

[–] MinekPo1@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 years ago

So you are saying US prisons are bad for forcing inmates to preform labor while advocating for community service?

(/s hopefully, obviously )

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