Submitted 14 hours ago by Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca to [deleted]
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Here’s the slavery speed run:
Step 1 - Mass layoffs + Tariffs lead to mass homelessness. Step 2 - Criminalize homelessness. Step 3 - Arrest/institutionalize the homeless in for profit prisons. Lend inmates to private corporations for forced labor. Step 4 - Profit.
Fun fact: the FOP are implicated in the crack epidemic (bonus points: working with the CIA, so feds and locals!), fent imports (yes, sacklers did it first, but did they do it best worst?), and illegal xanax imports!
Not all of us. A lot of us will just be dead.
Like me! I’m trans and disabled. I don’t think I’ll last past stage 2.
L of the LGBT here. I am also scared. Also, BP but stable with meds.
Padme: So the solution is a huge investment in public housing or state subsidised housing, right?
Anakin: …
Padme: right?
If “public housing” is a euphemism for a football field-sized lye pit, then sure.
Hey. No.
Remember; these guys all either jack off to hitler or love rolling coal. We’re getting combination crematoroum gas chambers.
“Are there no prisons?” asked Scrooge.
(…)
“And the Union workhouses?” demanded Scrooge. “Are they still in operation?” (…)
“The Treadmill and the Poor Law are in full vigour, then?”
Just a reminder this was the most heartless, most horrible man that could be imagined by a truly great author.
He did also follow that up with:
Scrooge: “I help to support the establishments I have mentioned–they cost enough; and those who are badly off must go there.”
The gentleman: “Many can’t go there; and many would rather die.”
“If they would rather die,” said Scrooge, “they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.”
And as it turns out the “surplus population” isn’t really their concern, they just don’t want to acknowledge the poor, sick, and otherwise different.
You know
What’s the worst that could happen?
what’s the worst that could happen?
Gangs of murderous armed thugs roam our streets randomly abusing people
Except they arent all fascist racist shit heels, can maybe be talked to, don’t take up half of every municipal budget, dont traffic people, dont smuggle in drugs of abuse, and actually live in the community so won’t fuck shit up for no reason.
But not its root causes
Ohhh so close. It’s the thing John Oliver can’t say but gets a little closer to saying each night.
Yeah, they will never address the root causes of homelessness. The homeless are used as boogeymen for the lower and middle class working plebs.
Need to start handing out knives and 3d printed zip guns to the homeless so they can defend themselves from Trump’s gestapo.
They really want to turn the USA into the United Prison Systems of America.
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.
The “root causes” do need to be tackled its just this identifies the wrong ones; the ones that need to be tackled are capitalism, landlordism and a profit driven economy.
Also, why focus on preventing homelessness by, you know, making housing affordable when instead you can just lock them all up or better yet, kill them all? Don’t tell me that this isn’t a wet dream fantasy for most gop politicians
this isn’t a shitpost… I agree its insane but not a shitpost.
I bet tons of Trumpers would tell me I’m full of shit and stuff like that will never happen, fake news; so I guess it would be a shit post for them.
fair enough.
humane treatment
Is that what we call el Salvadorian torture prisons now?
Have a link? Don’t really feel like reading it exactly how it appeared on your phone.
peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 10 hours ago
Hey, I’ve seen this one before.
Hitler said the EXACT same thing! But they lied!?! They didn’t go to institutions to help rehabilitate them, they killed them in death camps!
I’m so surprised Trump would do the exact same thing! (/s).
Tryenjer@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
New iPhone factories in America will have the phrase “Arbeit macht frei” written in iron at the entrance.