Why California Is Doomed

[Arraya]

It is, ultimately, a question of demand.

The. Future. Is. Broken.

[Nor-LA-SD-guy]

I mean except for the wage riots with people running amuck with torches, (that is actually one of my fears).
I don’t see this lasting too much longer myself.

[Nor-LA-SD-guy]

I mean except for the wage riots with people running amuck with torches, (that is actually one of my fears).
I don’t see this lasting too much longer myself.

[Nor-LA-SD-guy]

I mean except for the wage riots with people running amuck with torches, (that is actually one of my fears).
I don’t see this lasting too much longer myself.

[Nor-LA-SD-guy]

I mean except for the wage riots with people running amuck with torches, (that is actually one of my fears).
I don’t see this lasting too much longer myself.

[Nor-LA-SD-guy]

I mean except for the wage riots with people running amuck with torches, (that is actually one of my fears).
I don’t see this lasting too much longer myself.

[scaredyclassic]

what i envision is a much, much greater and stricter divide between haves and have-nots. For years we’ve put a world-record-setting percentage of people in prison. Some argue that’s not just about law and order, but that imprisonment is big business — provides a solution to what to do with some of the unemployable, while making money from their misery. I expect that trend to cotinue, and to expand in unexpected ways. Not sure what it will look like. I doubt we can physically imprison 20-30% of the population. but perhaps home detention, electronic monitoring, defined boundaries, greater restrictions on liberty for law violations, like trespassing,food theft, homelessness related crimes…so much so that the nature of the way we live and relate to each other changes. I know this is pretty negative and creepy and probably unlikely…

[scaredyclassic]

what i envision is a much, much greater and stricter divide between haves and have-nots. For years we’ve put a world-record-setting percentage of people in prison. Some argue that’s not just about law and order, but that imprisonment is big business — provides a solution to what to do with some of the unemployable, while making money from their misery. I expect that trend to cotinue, and to expand in unexpected ways. Not sure what it will look like. I doubt we can physically imprison 20-30% of the population. but perhaps home detention, electronic monitoring, defined boundaries, greater restrictions on liberty for law violations, like trespassing,food theft, homelessness related crimes…so much so that the nature of the way we live and relate to each other changes. I know this is pretty negative and creepy and probably unlikely…

[scaredyclassic]

what i envision is a much, much greater and stricter divide between haves and have-nots. For years we’ve put a world-record-setting percentage of people in prison. Some argue that’s not just about law and order, but that imprisonment is big business — provides a solution to what to do with some of the unemployable, while making money from their misery. I expect that trend to cotinue, and to expand in unexpected ways. Not sure what it will look like. I doubt we can physically imprison 20-30% of the population. but perhaps home detention, electronic monitoring, defined boundaries, greater restrictions on liberty for law violations, like trespassing,food theft, homelessness related crimes…so much so that the nature of the way we live and relate to each other changes. I know this is pretty negative and creepy and probably unlikely…

[scaredyclassic]

what i envision is a much, much greater and stricter divide between haves and have-nots. For years we’ve put a world-record-setting percentage of people in prison. Some argue that’s not just about law and order, but that imprisonment is big business — provides a solution to what to do with some of the unemployable, while making money from their misery. I expect that trend to cotinue, and to expand in unexpected ways. Not sure what it will look like. I doubt we can physically imprison 20-30% of the population. but perhaps home detention, electronic monitoring, defined boundaries, greater restrictions on liberty for law violations, like trespassing,food theft, homelessness related crimes…so much so that the nature of the way we live and relate to each other changes. I know this is pretty negative and creepy and probably unlikely…

[scaredyclassic]

what i envision is a much, much greater and stricter divide between haves and have-nots. For years we’ve put a world-record-setting percentage of people in prison. Some argue that’s not just about law and order, but that imprisonment is big business — provides a solution to what to do with some of the unemployable, while making money from their misery. I expect that trend to cotinue, and to expand in unexpected ways. Not sure what it will look like. I doubt we can physically imprison 20-30% of the population. but perhaps home detention, electronic monitoring, defined boundaries, greater restrictions on liberty for law violations, like trespassing,food theft, homelessness related crimes…so much so that the nature of the way we live and relate to each other changes. I know this is pretty negative and creepy and probably unlikely…

[blahblahblah]

We already have a larger percentage of the population imprisoned than any other country on earth. Our incarceration rate has actually surpassed that of the “Evil Empire” USSR (look it up, it’s true). I believe this trend will continue upward, there is a lot of money to be made throwing people in the hoosegow. And it directly addresses the unemployment problem – you throw most of the unemployed in prison and hire the remainder to guard them. Since our prisons are increasingly owned by politically well-connected corporations, growth shall be the order of the day. This is nothing new, it has been going on for decades and will continue.

[blahblahblah]

We already have a larger percentage of the population imprisoned than any other country on earth. Our incarceration rate has actually surpassed that of the “Evil Empire” USSR (look it up, it’s true). I believe this trend will continue upward, there is a lot of money to be made throwing people in the hoosegow. And it directly addresses the unemployment problem – you throw most of the unemployed in prison and hire the remainder to guard them. Since our prisons are increasingly owned by politically well-connected corporations, growth shall be the order of the day. This is nothing new, it has been going on for decades and will continue.

[blahblahblah]

We already have a larger percentage of the population imprisoned than any other country on earth. Our incarceration rate has actually surpassed that of the “Evil Empire” USSR (look it up, it’s true). I believe this trend will continue upward, there is a lot of money to be made throwing people in the hoosegow. And it directly addresses the unemployment problem – you throw most of the unemployed in prison and hire the remainder to guard them. Since our prisons are increasingly owned by politically well-connected corporations, growth shall be the order of the day. This is nothing new, it has been going on for decades and will continue.

[blahblahblah]

We already have a larger percentage of the population imprisoned than any other country on earth. Our incarceration rate has actually surpassed that of the “Evil Empire” USSR (look it up, it’s true). I believe this trend will continue upward, there is a lot of money to be made throwing people in the hoosegow. And it directly addresses the unemployment problem – you throw most of the unemployed in prison and hire the remainder to guard them. Since our prisons are increasingly owned by politically well-connected corporations, growth shall be the order of the day. This is nothing new, it has been going on for decades and will continue.

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