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Debatable point: What occurs in Prison Labour camps in many doctatorships, certainly forced Labour, but slavery implies more the degradation of a human into a commodity.

After all, it is allowed even in the US for prisoners to be forced or at least coerced into work. So there is a very fine line between prisoners as labour, forced labour, and Slavery but a line exists between each step.

I did not say they had a good human rights record.

Yes, all true and good points. I was explaining how they did it though.

It is not based on politics but on ignorant assumptions, which is why it is boarding on racism.

Yes, they do not have as free a political state as many Western countries, but they are not owned by anyone.

China has a largely free market with strategic state intervention as well as many state owned companies competing in this market. They have a massive supply of cheap but often well-educated labour, low regulatory costs including environmental costs as well as labour costs.

The state subsidises many industries, especially those producing raw materials such as steel and many others. Cheap state backed loans as well as land to build production on are often available.

So cheap labour, low environmental costs, and cheap raw materials added to economies of scale have allowed low-cost mass production to flourish.

In the end you could ask where the line should be drawn between a political party and a religion, as orginised religion was invented to bring governance through the fear of god when we had simple and very uneducated societies and is used now as a way to impose the will of the few on the many.

Belief in a higher power and religion are often confused, but as the quote from The big bang theories Amy goes roughly "I don't object to the concept of a deity, but I'm baffled by the notion of one that takes attendance"

I dont disagree but you have just debunked the whole right wing dogma of harder punishment and more people in jail will reduce crime.

Is severe consequences not something that stops you? Than why do we have any punitive justice system?

Also without recognition from other countries prepared to work with you declare independence to your hearts content if it remains unrecognised it is useless. You need this recognition to set up many needed institutions such as a banking structure that allows you to trade.

A good example is Somaliland in Somalia, they have declared independent elected a governament and tried to seperate from the war racked rest of the country but no nation has recognised them. In effect they are unable to operate and almost nobody even knows this peacefull enclave exists in a war torn country.