Been seeing a lot about how the government passes shitty laws, lot of mass shootings and expensive asf health care. I come from a developing nation and we were always told how America is great and whatnot. Are all states is America bad ?

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    11 months ago

    Just a few million homeless, hungry, and incarcerated, plus the exploitation of workers in poorer nations, and you can be pretty ok with how things are! It’s a great system

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      11 months ago

      Last I checked, US had like 20% of the world’s prison population. Just absolutely insane, plus prison doesn’t exactly rehabilitate anyone, so people just end up back in it

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        11 months ago

        It also removes any chance you once had at being a law abiding citizen. Once you have a record you basically aren’t allowed to work anymore.

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        11 months ago

        Well, when a good chunk of your prisons are for profit, and there is no system to incentivise reform, then it makes sense. They don’t want to kill their business.

        It’s bullshit though. Prisons should be paid based on how many of their inmates successfully rehabilitate.