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The important difference is that in the article you linked, the actual act of not working/not being productive is a crime on its own. While the parent comment
by filoleg 4y ago
The important difference is that in the article you linked, the actual act of not working/not being productive is a crime on its own.
While the parent comment describes a scenario where the person is punished for an actual crime, and they get (in addition to the default option of serving time in prison) an option to remediate it by getting housing assistance and being able to demonstrate they can hold a job.
While i can see the parallels you were trying to draw, that one crucial difference makes a fundamental difference.
- int_19h 4y agoI suspect the practical application is far more likely to be more similar than the idealized vision OP has, with the primary difference being how selective it is applied (to everyone vs those who already slipped up once). Abuse will be the same, though.
- fmajid 4y agoAnd of course in the USSR political dissidents were unable to get any job.
- filoleg 4y agoYep, and with "officially unable to get a job", it was pretty much an open pass to arrest and imprison you at any given point in USSR. Hell, no one in their right might would want to hire you, because they wouldn't want to get hit with the same label and end up in your place as well.