I agree with Anonymous about this... Do you?

[Jackpine Radical]

48. I stand by what I said.

The incarceration rate serves the Prison-Industrial Complex very well.

The obesity is a byproduct of several things, such as TV watching which I address below, and the fact that our whole agricultural/food industry is devoted to maximizing profits, which means lots of HFCS, grease, etc. in our GM foods. Regulation would interfere with those profits.

Television is a wonderful device for misinforming the populace and keeping them misdirected from awareness of real problems such as global warming. The Republican Party couldn't exist without it.

Illegal drug use? The Prison-Industrial Complex again. Also, many people seek escape from the "lives of quiet desperation" that the Oligarchy has ordained for them. Same thing with the antidepressants

It is good to have our educated people saddled with large debts. They are much easier to control that way. After all, it is the educated people who are most likely to raise trouble in any fascist state if you don't have a good handle on them. And for that matter, it is well if your educational system for the masses teaches nothing beyond the basic math & literacy skills required to serve the Empire.

The amount we spend on health care? Most of that goes into the coffers of the wealthy.

I could go on, but these points will serve to make my case.

So how can you possibly say that our system doesn't work?