Comment on We will all be slaves

Theprogressivist@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• SailorMoss@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  We have the largest prison system in the world per capita four times over. You can thank senator Joe Biden for that. We’re already the United prison systems of America.

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  • klugerama@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The prison industrial complex was the status quo long before Biden was even born. Why limit it to him? Blame Nixon and Reagan for both the drug epidemic and the criminalization of drug possession (accounting for something like 40% of the current prison population), and the near collapse of mental health and rehabilitation programs. Blame Clinton for enabling the corporations to grow even richer off of slave labor.

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