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There’s a difference between being designed to oppress and being designed to rehabilitate but extremely poorly so and oppressing as an unintended side effect.

• deciplex 12y ago
  Even more likely, is that it isn't 'designed' at all, but rather cobbled together by disparate interests that are variously trying to appear tough on crime, scam the system of as much money as possible, advance their careers, etc. None of these interests probably give a shit if the system ends up rehabilitating anyone, nor if it creates criminals, because neither outcome affects them in any material way (that is readily apparent to them, anyway).
• lostcolony 12y ago
  Yes yes, Hanlon's razor. My choice of words there was perhaps poor; the point is clear, the system does not (X), but instead (Y)s, and my attribution to malice in doing so was incorrect phrasing.
  • WorldWideWayne 12y ago
    The point is clear, but Hanlon's razor is just a bullshit adage that people invoke when they want to stop thinking about something. It's a proverb, not a hard scientific fact and it certainly doesn't apply to all situations. Malice indeed exists everywhere and on a spectrum just like ignorance. People are generally self-centered and they act on their self-centeredness all the time. The amount of corruption in our institutions is truly staggering and playing stupid is such an obvious and common criminal tactic that three year olds can and do utilize it...So I wouldn't be so quick to apply Hanlon's razor.