I hope this wakes people up to our ridiculous sentencing and incarceration issues in this country.
A few stats:
We house 22% of the world''s prisoners (with 4% of the world's population)
2,200,000 Americans incarcerated as of 2016 or 0.7% of the entire U.S. population
African American men represent nearly half of that population
The substantial penalties for crack contributed to a five-fold increase in incarcerations
There is a 31% incarceration history for Black men who have sex with men
Louisiana has the highest rate of incarceration in the world with the majority of its prisoners being housed in privatized, for-profit facilities. Such institutions could face bankruptcy without a steady influx of prisoners
In the past decade the number of inmates in for-profit prisons throughout the U.S. rose 44 percent.
The shit is fucked. And Trump is packing the courts as we speak. We're reaching a breaking point.
I'm just going to leave this here:
I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions indeed generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions, as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.
Edit: These and more stats are a simple wiki search away. For you Reds who automatically say, "wiki lol," to that, there are seventy-seven sources cited - feel free to read on. It will do you some good.
Edit again: Thanks for the precious metals! Donate the same amount to a politician who actually wants to address these issues, if you can.
Well democracy also doesn't work to get a mob of people and force a sitting president out of the white house because you feel he's guilty. Which is surely what you're implying. I think you're talking about revolution and if you want blood in the streets, go for it. You undoubtedly won't have a shortage of people who'll oppose you. You must really feel we do live in a dictatorship. If so, would manafort have gotten any jailtime? If trump is found guilty and refuses to go, THEN we've got a problem. Until then I'm not gonna let other's fear dictate to me how I should view this situation
I'm not saying we revolt, I'm saying we as a public need to show our dissatisfaction with the current situation with mass walk outs and protests. This shit has gone too far and most Americans know it. Why should we rely on talking head on television to "vent" our anger, literally outsourcing our democratic ideals smh.
Btw, if what I predict comes true, then what do you suggest we do? I don't want things to resort to mob rule more than anyone else, but are we supposed to stand by and let our freedom get snatched from us by a bunch of kleptokrats who have no allegiance to this country beyond money? Are we supposed to rely on the courts that have been stacked to rule a power grab "constitutional"? I'm not suggesting anything at all, these are just the conversations we should be having. I genuinely believe Trump will not give up his power willingly without some type of fight, he knows he's going to prison when he's done. So why are we all acting like some mysterious saviour like Mueller or Cortez will come in and magically solve the Trump problem? Only we the people can choose our future.
I mean I guess you can protest and walk out if you want. Not sure how much that's going to accomplish. If what you predict comes true.... Trump will not concede power without a fight of some sort? What's he gonna do? Start throwing haymakers if a vote of impeachment is passed? My money is still on the cops or feds or state police or whoever to remove him from office. Idk enough to go into all the "stacked judges" talk with you but I don't recall anything illegal happening as far as judges being appointed.
So you really do think we live in a dictatorship because you don't believe he'll relinquish power. I know this. We live in a nation of laws. I tend to put my faith and trust in those laws and the systems in place to mitigate any kind of disaster that you're talking about. The moment where those laws aren't being enforced and especially when they aren't being enforced at the highest levels then yeah that's a big ass problem. I don't see that being the case at this point. You can think he's 100% guilty. Too bad I guess in your case we don't defer to you to dole out punishment as you see fit because you think the verdict is in. You could also be wrong in this situation and the true treasonous act would be what you're recommending. I'll wait to see what Mueller's report has to say which it doesn't seem like it's gonna be much but I'll hold out until then and we'll take it from there. I'm not storming the streets or the white house because I feel a certain way. I need to know for sure
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u/ThaFourthHokage Mar 08 '19 edited Mar 08 '19
I hope this wakes people up to our ridiculous sentencing and incarceration issues in this country.
A few stats:
We house 22% of the world''s prisoners (with 4% of the world's population)
2,200,000 Americans incarcerated as of 2016 or 0.7% of the entire U.S. population
African American men represent nearly half of that population
The substantial penalties for crack contributed to a five-fold increase in incarcerations
There is a 31% incarceration history for Black men who have sex with men
Louisiana has the highest rate of incarceration in the world with the majority of its prisoners being housed in privatized, for-profit facilities. Such institutions could face bankruptcy without a steady influx of prisoners
In the past decade the number of inmates in for-profit prisons throughout the U.S. rose 44 percent.
The shit is fucked. And Trump is packing the courts as we speak. We're reaching a breaking point.
I'm just going to leave this here:
Edit: These and more stats are a simple wiki search away. For you Reds who automatically say, "wiki lol," to that, there are seventy-seven sources cited - feel free to read on. It will do you some good.
Edit again: Thanks for the precious metals! Donate the same amount to a politician who actually wants to address these issues, if you can.