• nightshade [they/them]
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    1 year ago

    Americans when you propose to spend money on schools, medical facilities, public transit, or any other infrastructure projects which will improve people's lives for decades to come: "Not with my tax dollars! That's communism!"

    Americans when billions of dollars are spent on super-prisons: "Make sure to give the guards gold-plated laser rifles while you're at it!"

    • barrbaric [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      It's curious how superprisons are presented as apolitical while there is fierce debate around whether people should be able to live. Makes you thonk-cri