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Poly Pagan | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 America does not have a justice system. We have an incarceration system
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TheGuySwann | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +5 
 If we wanted to name it by its dominant use case, it would be a slave labor and political thought control system.
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Poly Pagan | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 If we are naming it by its dominant use case, it is a slave labor and racial segregation system, and secondarily as a political control system
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Golfwinch | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 both are correct...
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Stu | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 An incarceration system that extends beyond the US proper, and into it's satellite states, such as the UK.