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I think the prison system in the U.S. tells a lot about humanity and how democracy is (not) implemented. First of all, removing someone's access and right to sp

I think the prison system in the U.S. tells a lot about humanity and how democracy is (not) implemented. First of all, removing someone's access and right to speech and voting, is degenerative to the society. We send people to prison to punish them and punish our future as a society, and not acting rationally and in the original meaning of the Greek word "to punish" (τιμωρώ) which (approximately) meant to help. What do you teach a prisoner by paying them 25cents or less for honest work...???

sytelus 5y ago
The idea, perhaps inadventerily proposed by US constitution, is that citizens have rights with corollary that prisoners and non-citizens don't. It is nauseating how acceptable it is that non-citizens and prisoners are not entitled to pursuits of happiness. It's one thing to punish murderers so harshly and quite another thing to roll up shoplifters into same groups and strip them of virtually all of their rights.
- sobkas 5y ago
  > It's one thing to punish murderers You know that this murderer can be a wife that killed her abusive husband. Or other similar circumstances. Not all murderers are evil.