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It's almost as if policing and imprisonment isn't the solution to crime.


Perhaps a healthy society doesn't have as much crime, criminality, prisons, mass shootings, overdose epidemics, homelessness, or inequality.

Maybe, I dunno, people should have healthcare, prescriptions, mental healthcare, housing, community support to succeed and build a pleasant life, and fair wages.

Healthy societies don't have all that much crime, but the unhealthy ones build walls, prisons, and gates to "contain" it without addressing it.


Only people who don’t understand how crime works say this. Ask Europe how well their criminal justice system is working out right now.

Spoiler alert: it’s mostly falling apart, because it turns out there are people who should not be able to roam free in society.

I mean come on man you saw what happened in Honduras, mass arrests of criminals with indefinite sentences, and criminals suddenly did not want to be criminals anymore. Germany is having a political crisis because criminals don’t face consequences. They “rehab” and go back to committing crime because there is no downside.




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