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You missed one thing about the poor: they are useful as slaves--which is still legal in America. So America spends billions, maybe trillions over the last four
by joesmo 10y ago
You missed one thing about the poor: they are useful as slaves--which is still legal in America. So America spends billions, maybe trillions over the last four to five decades to incarcerate people for anything, especially normal everyday human endeavors so they can be enslaved, provide free labor, and provide a base for others to profit off their pain. Most of these people are, of course, people of color, whom America has enslaved since before it even existed as America, so there is an additional benefit of removing them off the white-controlled streets. No analysis of American poverty is complete without acknowledging this fundamental factor: race and slavery.
- seanp2k2 10y agoSo then the slaves can cut corners (all in the name of profits, of course) and make unsafe helmets for our soldiers to defend all of this which we stand for: http://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/08/18/pentagon-prison-inmates-produced-thousands-of-defective-helmets.html http://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/08/18/pentagon-priso... It's profiteering all the way down.
- TaylorAlexander 10y agoI wholeheartedly agree. I read a book last year I think you would enjoy. The Culture of Make Believe by Derek Jensen. If you've got time I highly recommend it.