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>This resulted in the explosive growth of the quite profitable private prison complex (which did not exist before the 1970s) The government prison complex is o
by throwaway0a5e 5y ago
>This resulted in the explosive growth of the quite profitable private prison complex (which did not exist before the 1970s)
The government prison complex is orders of magnitude larger.
Welfare is how they keep the poors from rocking the boat.
Government jobs is the same tranquilizer but for people slightly better off.
Edit: fine, maybe it's only one order of magnitude bigger.
- photochemsyn 5y agoI think you need to check your data sources. > "Private prisons in the United States incarcerated 115,428 people in 2019, representing 8% of the total state and federal prison population. Since 2000, the number of people housed in private prisons has increased 32% compared to an overall rise in the prison population of 3%." https://nicic.gov/private-prisons-united-states-2021 https://nicic.gov/private-prisons-united-states-2021
- s1artibartfast 5y agoSo a single order of magnitude larger
- imtringued 5y agoHonestly, what if full time jobs (40 hour work weeks) are just a form of day care for men? Someone who worked "hard" all day and is the bread winner has way more leeway to get away with more anti social behavior than someone who is at home all day and doing the same thing. The politics of endless growth are actually just a way to keep people busy. No wonder depressions and their massive loss of jobs lead to so much instability.