>I think for a justice system to work, people need to have options.
This. One million times this. At a time when wealth disparity is accelerating and the top 85 people in the world have as much wealth as the bottom 2.5 billion, we need to invest in creating opportunity--this instead of implementing a surveillance state to supposedly hunt down those who have been marginalized and, thus, turned to crime.
And, here we are battling over increasing the minimum wage to allow full-time workers a chance to lift themselves out of poverty. At the same time, corporate profits are at a record high.
And let's not forget that our prison system is now largely for-profit. Spend more to catch them. Spend more to keep them.
It really is insane from society's point of view. But, for a few people, it's insanely profitable.
This. One million times this. At a time when wealth disparity is accelerating and the top 85 people in the world have as much wealth as the bottom 2.5 billion, we need to invest in creating opportunity--this instead of implementing a surveillance state to supposedly hunt down those who have been marginalized and, thus, turned to crime.
And, here we are battling over increasing the minimum wage to allow full-time workers a chance to lift themselves out of poverty. At the same time, corporate profits are at a record high.
And let's not forget that our prison system is now largely for-profit. Spend more to catch them. Spend more to keep them.
It really is insane from society's point of view. But, for a few people, it's insanely profitable.