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[–]Hematomato 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Or because, you know, the vast majority of Americans seem to agree that we need more people in prison and for longer periods of time.

Partisan orientation doesn't even seem to matter. It's part of what it means to be an American - to believe in punishing. fucking. everybody.

[–]topiary2 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Now distinguish between what should have been regular prisons and for profit prisons.

I would prefer it existed as some place where rehabilitation can occur as per the name 'correctional facility', but that would solve too many problems.

[–]thomastheglassexpert 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I call bullshit. You have no evidence of this because there is none. Internment camps were the breathless worry of whackos for years and none ever popped up. None. Same tripe junk news of guillotines being bought to chop off heads of resistance except none were ever bought. Our government has no means to go en-mass from coast to coast against it's own armed people even if it wanted to. American resistors have WAY more guns and bullets than all of our government agencies and military combined.

[–]IkeConn[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

You are drinking the lefty Kool-Aid.

[–]thomastheglassexpert 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Did you not read the article? Did you not read my reply? Then why the snark? Are you bored or cannot read? Bullshit is spouted and I replied and said no.

[–]binaryblob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The government could wipe out the entire population whenever they wanted; it's just that nobody would be left to do the work required to run society, which is why they don't do it. Once automation has progressed to the point that the humans are obsolete, the end is near.