Also because of the school-to-prison pipeline. And to acclimate kids to bow to authority.

The FEMA camps are hiding in plain sight. And a good chunk of the population will obediently walk into them.

  • Good_Username [they/them,e/em/eir]
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    4 years ago

    Hmm.... I thought it was just that the construction companies that build schools are the same construction companies that build prisons. But what do I know? (Probably nothing. Almost certainly nothing.)

    • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Yeah, I always just assumed that they were usually the same contractor. There are plenty of new deal era schools that are actually kinda cool looking. Seems like as neoliberalism picked up, they started just making them out of breeze blocks and linoleum. They're just made cheaply with the cheapest possible materials.

      My freshman dorm was literally designed by a prison architect though, so who knows. And yes, it was all breeze blocks and linoleum. The concept was a single central staircase that connected 2 wings to a common room on each floor. Girls and guys were each assigned a wing and the RA was in the middle. Straight hallways on both sides made it impossible to not be seen and made it easy for cops to catch you.

      The place was literally like a barrel of fish for the local cops. They'd just come down and sneak up the stairwell till they smelled weed, then just flush everyone out and chase them down the halls. I think about 300 kids in my freshman class were expelled for smoking joints. There were like 6 arrests/week.

      And now that I've written that out, OP is 100% correct.

      • existentialspicerack [she/her,they/them]
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        4 years ago

        it might not even be intentional, just... collateral damage from the collective cultural pressures.

        what the shit do you call shit that's not conscious enough to be a conspiracy, and not accidental or unpredictable enough to be called an accident? conspiracy of trends? catastrophe of trends and forces?