bipartian? wdym? we only have a far right and an even further right here. We have a political ratchet system. Any time republicans are in power, they shift the overton window further right. Any time democrats are in power, they prevent it from shifting left.
A lot of people in this country lack the ability to think critically. They want simple solutions to complex problems. Policing and locking “bad” people up are simple solutions to crime. Ineffective, but simple.
I think people are propagandized since birth with the message "police and prisons keep us safe" and also "bad people need to go to prison" among many other messages reinforced in every aspect of culture. Hard to escape this conditioning.
More people need to visit prisons and prisoners to see. The conditions, the humans. What we are doing when we incarcerate people. How it interrupts lives for trivial offenses applied unevenly. How cops inevitably escalate everything.
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As we all know, understanding that stuff for what it is fucking sucks.
I'm not asking for much just quote the pinned post
Who knew destroying children and ignoring 40 years of mental health research would go badly...