Tag: failed state
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Countries having brutal prisons fail as states
Brutal prisons are not a show of order, discipline, or state power. They are symptoms of state failure. Whenever a prison is run through violence, extortion, and gang dominance, it signals that the government has lost its basic monopoly on force. Prisons are not separate worlds. They are mirrors of the wider society. If the…
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Death in their country or on the boat?
For millions of people, the choice is brutal and final. Stay in their homeland and die slowly, or risk dying quickly at sea. There is no safety net. There is no third way. They live in countries where food is scarce, wages are nonexistent, health care is a fantasy, and the future is a blank…