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When I think about a country who just incarcerates everyone I think:

* Do I want to support authoritarianism?

* Will I be arrested if I do a bad thing?

Also, I was surprised to see the prison incarceration rates, but yeah, El Salvador is absolutely the highest, by a country mile.

The top 5 are El Salvador, Cuba, Rwanda, Turkmenistan, and the USA.

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> * Will I be arrested if I do a bad thing?

Are you suggesting you should not be arrested if you do something bad? I think that's how it works everywhere.

"A bad thing" is a highly variable judgement based on local rules, mores, and culture. And not every bad thing results in arrest. If I swear loudly, once, some people might think that's bad, but it's not going to get me arrested.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarcera...

El Salvador has over twice as many per capita as Cuba. USA has the most in absolute numbers, but China is not far behind.

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