• MarxMadness
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    3 months ago

    The issues with re-education are:

    1. If you’re keeping someone in custody during it, it’s prison, even if it’s a nice prison.
    2. If you aren’t keeping them in custody, and they don’t show up, how do you get them to?
    3. Ordinary people commit heinous crimes, too, see this article.
    • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      3 months ago

      There’s plenty of little social and bureaucratic annoyances that can be levied on someone until they show up. Don’t go to re-education? You’re not allowed to buy liquor till you do, or you’re suspended from hookup apps, or your money’s no good at festivals and sports events. Non-carceral, non-fine penalties that are still enough of a social annoyance to be worth biting the bullet and taking care of.