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Originally Posted by Strangelet
um i'm not sure you live in as much of a beacon of freedom as you think. We incarcerate over 3 million people in this country, that's 1% of the entire freaking population. That's 1 in 100 people, man.
What's worse is some people are getitng rich off of this.
case in point...
that's just the tip of the ice berg. god knows how many state legislators have been bought off by private prison firms to up the probability that any given person goes to jail and therefore causes a check from the state to be printed and made out to Society Solutions LLC, INC, LTD.
this thread was meant to describe the race to the bottom for both nations. i'm sure I'll find more evidence of fascism in our midst.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09035/946743-454.stm |
in no way do i imply that we're perfect; we're far from it. but i do love my country enough to speak out against injustices within it; such as above. i love my country—not necessarily its policies.