Human lives are nothing but a form of currency to the oligarchs.
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I once went to object at some kind of public hearing the local government was doing about going forward with building a new prison. They were trying to make the argument that it's not up to them how many people are imprisoned, they just have a legal obligation to imprison people the courts tell them to. I wasn't sure to what extent that was really true, but I'm guessing the first thing that would happen is overcrowded inhumane conditions rather than freeing people.
That’s the thing, right. That’s completely logical in a vacuum. But once you realize there are perverse systemic incentives to lock people up in a country like the US, that argument completely falls apart.
“Haha those americans are so funny! It’s illegal to walk a pig on a paved road after sunset in this small town! Isn’t that random?” No, it’s not random at all. There’s a reason these laws were ever put on the books.
My part of the world is no better than the US regarding mistreatment of undeserving people but at least nobody pretends we live and breathe unparalleled liberty.