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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cathode.church/@rabbit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rabbit</span></a></span> is it because the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> has a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ForProfitPrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForProfitPrison</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PrisonIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonIndustry</span></a> or generally because incarcerated people have a lower <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MinimumWage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinimumWage</span></a> if any at all and are forced to work?</p><p><a href="https://cathode.church/@rabbit/114967705106924162" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cathode.church/@rabbit/1149677</span><span class="invisible">05106924162</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@photoncollector" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>photoncollector</span></a></span> The <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> has one of (traditionally the highest) <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IncarcertationRate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IncarcertationRate</span></a> both absolute <em>and espechally relative</em> per capita with &gt;650 per 100k population.</p><ul><li>At least by any verifyable metrics and guesstimates. Maybe <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NorthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthKorea</span></a> has a higher <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/incarceration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>incarceration</span></a> rate but it's shocking that even by absolute numbers the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> beats the <em>"P.R."</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> despite the former being a totalitarian dictatorship and the latter the most poplated nation on earth, outnumbering the US almost 4:1...</li></ul><p>You can <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNhlXUBNJPE" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">thank</a> the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ForProfitPrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForProfitPrison</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PrisonIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">for that!</a>: </p><ul><li>Where most nations (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a>) will usually sentence non-violent offenders (i.e. drug possession) to fines and resocialization (i.e. rehab) the USA slaps <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJUXLqNHCaI" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">mandatory minimums</a> at them for no good reason.</li></ul>
William Canna-bass<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DoomsdaysCW</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://werd.social/@ben" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ben</span></a></span> looks like more bodies for the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForProfitPrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForProfitPrison</span></a> industry. Guess they are running out of immigrants.</p>
William Canna-bass<p>Just saw an Advert for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoreCivic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoreCivic</span></a> , one of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForProfitPrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForProfitPrison</span></a> corps as they will be buying out the Immigration jail in Farmville Virginia.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@randahl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>randahl</span></a></span> no, it's the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ViolenceCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ViolenceCulture</span></a>!</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3VQULyT390" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=K3VQULyT39</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Switzerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Switzerland</span></a> has a way higher gun density yet there ain't nearly any shootings even when adjusted per capita.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Serbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Serbia</span></a> and all of <em>fmr. "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Yugoslavia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Yugoslavia</span></a>"</em> is choking on firearms yet it doesn't come even close to U.S. numbers - nor does <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> - when adjusted per capita.</p><p>Criminalizing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VictimlessCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VictimlessCrimes</span></a> will only result in selective enforcement (see <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WarOnDrugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarOnDrugs</span></a>) and subseqiently only finance the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ForProfitPrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForProfitPrison</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>industry</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2A</span></a> exists to prevent shit like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> or the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NSAfD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSAfD</span></a> from taking power!</p>
Wokebloke for Democracy<p>One thing to keep in mind about Texas' new law to arrest illegal immigrants: it's a way to fill the for profit prisons Texas has and enrich the owners of those concerns who would, out of gratitude, reuse a healthy amount of those Texas tax dollars for campaign contributions.<br><a href="https://theweek.com/politics/texas-enforce-new-immigration-law?utm_campaign=afternoon_newsletter_20231221&amp;utm_source=afternoon_newsletter&amp;refid=0B576C3C6AB47BE5BE758D2CA0A29EA8&amp;utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theweek.com/politics/texas-enf</span><span class="invisible">orce-new-immigration-law?utm_campaign=afternoon_newsletter_20231221&amp;utm_source=afternoon_newsletter&amp;refid=0B576C3C6AB47BE5BE758D2CA0A29EA8&amp;utm_medium=email</span></a><br><a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/forprofitprison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>forprofitprison</span></a></p>
Ricardo Harvin<p>The last two episodes are also very good. Episode 3 covers a bit of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sugar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sugar</span></a>'s history and connection to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a>, including the past and current <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ForProfitPrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForProfitPrison</span></a> system, which is literal slavery.</p><p>Episode 4 is a(nother) look* at how <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a> policies were created and are currently maintained specifically to benefit <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/whites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whites</span></a> and disadvantage <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Blacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blacks</span></a>, this time in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>farming</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HungryForAnswers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HungryForAnswers</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HBOMax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HBOMax</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DiscoveryPlus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DiscoveryPlus</span></a></p><p>*<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/The1619Project" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>The1619Project</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> Episode 6</p>
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