• MithranArkanere@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    They know. But it’s better for them for crime to be up and police to be fat, so they can run on being hard on crime, and police works for the rich instead of the people.

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      13 days ago

      Prison labor is essentially legalized slavery so there is incentive to keep poor people incarcerated. There’s a reason why the US is the most incarcerated nation in the world.