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We need a pretext for what we want to do, which in America is to lock people up. If we can fool ourselves with something that sorta looks and smells like scienc
by draw_down 10y ago
We need a pretext for what we want to do, which in America is to lock people up. If we can fool ourselves with something that sorta looks and smells like science, that fits the bill perfectly.
- aero142 10y agoI don't think it's fair to say we "want to lock people up". We need to believe that we can make ourselves safe from criminals. We need to believe can do some science magic and tell the difference between the criminals and the regular people so we can sleep at night. Admitting we can't calls in to question the whole premise of locking the bad people up. A judge or politician can't come out and say, "we have no reliable way of deciding guilt or innocence." That is reality but we can't allow ourselves to admit it.
- draw_down 10y agoAll I have to say is, look at our prison population vs any other country's.