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We have data on the incarceration rates of Americans as a whole, versus other countries. I think the current activist climate is in response to the fact that t
by jasonv 6y ago
We have data on the incarceration rates of Americans as a whole, versus other countries.
I think the current activist climate is in response to the fact that the status quo is built on the premise that all that befalls the troubled populations in the US is always because they deserve it, and they brought it upon themselves. And therefore, all the prevailing cultural/ policing/ political/ fiscal positions that have been in response to these conditions are reasonable.
That doesn't seem reasonable to me.
- clawedjird 6y agoIn a hyper-connected world awash with data, holding such a perspective seems akin believing that the earth is flat.
- rhizome 6y agoThat's called the Just-World Hypothesis, and I don't know that anybody professes it as a policy framework, though regular people do and I think it could be said to underlie a lot of prejudices and bigotries in people who do affect public policy, but it has to be hidden unless you're Steve King (R-IA). Victim-blaming is very common in the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_hypothesis
- augustt 6y agoOf course it depends on which troubled population. For rural white poor people all their problems are framed as being from external uncontrollable pressures – they're losing jobs because of globalization, they're in an opioid epidemic because of pharma. Their struggles are not just dismissed as personal responsibility failures.