Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for the white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket.

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    10 months ago

    Imprisonment is theoretically less permanent than execution.

    But people definitely shouldn’t be profiting from imprisonment, and the conditions should be humane.

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      10 months ago

      But people definitely shouldn’t be profiting from imprisonment, and the conditions should be humane.

      I have a friend who is a plumber and most of his work is from jails.

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        10 months ago

        Good point- my thought was poorly worded. I meant that if people with lots of money are making more money by putting people in prison, then they will find ways to ensure people keep being put into prison.

        Imprisoning people shouldn’t in and of itself be profitable since then imprisoning people is incentivized.

        Your friend’s work goes towards making prisons more humane, I’m in favour of him and you can tell him so :)

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      10 months ago

      So what’s the point of the rhetorical argument: “the state says it’s not okay to do this, and then they go and do it”?