What does it say about a society that has no problem spending money to keep people in prison, but has the deepest ambivalence about sending them to college?

May 31, 2022 · 3:42 PM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson @medeabenjamin
The prison industrial complex is highly profitable.
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It may be the result of progressive programming thinking for a specific purpose. Which has been built over a long period of time.
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Prison is college for the disenfranchised
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Doomed
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You should have a conversation with @ChrisLynnHedges about this
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Because taxpayers should never be on the hook for something that is voluntary. Wanna go to college? Pay for it yourself it's not my job to support you.
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College plus expenses is cheaper than prison
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Saids our leadership wants drones not productive citizens
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People make money off prisoners. They don't make money off college students.
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They've got all their priorities twisted...
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