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Helping people with criminal records get jobs is good. Letting then vote is also a good first step. The focus should be on helping them -before- they end up w
by ThinkBeat 5y ago
Helping people with criminal records get jobs is good.
Letting then vote is also a good first step.
The focus should be on helping them -before- they end up
with a criminal conviction of some sort on their permanent
record.
Sadly we are engineering society to be less
and less compatible for young men and this will
only get worse over time.
And then these angry young men get older they beget their own angry young men.
Everyone is not compatible with sitting still and shutting up for 4 - 8 hours a day for 12 years + uni. (And far more men than women are incompatible).
That this has become the common requirement in society is a growing issue.
We need a way to productively allow these men to partake in society
at their own terms, or at least a lot closer to it than we are now.
That means creating jobs and frameworks that are compatible.
Crime is natural choice.
It a great outlet for adrenaline and aggression and asserting ones
freedom from the chains of society. It is dangerous, sometimes
lethal. and looking good for the ladies. (or other men)
You even make easy money, (a lot of t, if you happen to be among
the 1% of criminals). It is a highly compatible venture.
Instead of inventing new psychological diagnosis and inventing an
ever bigger stream of pharmaceuticals meant to neuter them and
force compliance we should do the opposite.
Recognise it as a resource for society.
- lachstar-x 5y agoThis is the best reply here. Such compassion, but intelligent too. Well done!
- darebak 5y ago>Letting then vote is also a good first step. I'm always amazed that some Western countries don't let former convicts vote. In Serbia even current convicts can vote, atleast in republic level elections, not sure about local elections.
- RickJWagner 5y agoIn America, unscrupulous politicians explicitly target voters by demographics and fill the airwaves with propaganda aimed at steering the vote. This leads to situations like celebrity endorsements, where huge swaths of under-informed voters are influenced simply by messaging. The saving grace is the 'representative' form of government, where at least some sanity can be injected into the process.