George Jackson was writing about the path to this stuff 50 years ago before he was murdered in prison, it’s amazing how little has changed since then.
“The new pigs usually have to serve a period on the goon squad before they fall into their regular role on the animal farm. They are always anxious to try their new skills-“to see if it really works” -we were always forced to do something to slow them down, to demonstrate that violence was a twoedged sword. This must be done at least once every year, or we would all be as punchy and fractured as a Thai Boxer before our time was up. The brothers wanted to protest. The usual protest was a strike, a work stoppage, closing the sweatshops where industrial products are worked up for two cents an hour. (Some people get four cents after they’ve been on the job for six months.) The outside interests who made the profits didn’t dig strikes. That meant the captain didn’t like them either since it meant pressure on him from these free-enterprising political connections.“
Vast majority are non violent drug offenders that dont belong there due to theocratic prohibition. They are humans. Systematic solitary confinement is unconstitutional. Working for under a dollar an hour is creating monopolies, destroying jobs in their communities, and is unethical. This is also lost revenue for struggling cities. America has the largest prison population in the world. We do not have the lowest crime by far. What is the point?
The Carving Witch 