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Tgmr55

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20. It's the war on education

Reply to Bonobo (Original post)

Tue Jun 25, 2013, 07:49 AM

Jun 2013

The republicans war on education and the war on pot which
A) ensure uneducated fodder destined for low wage jobs
B) creates criminal class for,the for profit prison industrial complex
C) provides news stories for the Fox infotainment complex
Just saying

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Tell me why the US has 5x more prisoners per capita than China [View all] Bonobo Jun 2013 OP

In China, prisoners cost money. Democracyinkind Jun 2013 #1

I'm not sure that is true. They force prisoners two work 16 and 18 hour days at the Chinese prisons. pam4water Jun 2013 #22

True. Democracyinkind Jun 2013 #25

China greatly underreports their incarceration rates. justanidea Jun 2013 #2

Do you have a link that substantiates that? nt Bonobo Jun 2013 #3

Id have to dig for one. justanidea Jun 2013 #11

China's punishment for drug offenders JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #4

All those private prisons need inmates. nt bemildred Jun 2013 #5

There is a crap load of money to be made in the nineteen50 Jun 2013 #17

All of those multinational companies need cheap prison labor too. stillwaiting Jun 2013 #23

China has less crime? Also, they put political dissidents geek tragedy Jun 2013 #6

What is China's execution rate compared to ours? randome Jun 2013 #7

See up thread JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #8

The number of executions in China is a state secret Progressive dog Jun 2013 #31

Have there been any reports coming out of China concerning human rights bike man Jun 2013 #9

The prison system in the US is becoming more and more avebury Jun 2013 #10

Randome Squatchr Jun 2013 #12

Private prisons are profitable for $2,000 Alex malaise Jun 2013 #13

True and China has the highest rate of executions in the world. maddezmom Jun 2013 #16

Because we are Five Times as Free? panzerfaust Jun 2013 #14

Short answer: for-profit law enforcement. MindPilot Jun 2013 #15

Because if you are guilty of even a minor drug offense in China, you get executed. Ikonoklast Jun 2013 #18

China threatens death penalty for serious polluters ProSense Jun 2013 #19

How dare you make a blue link to prove something! treestar Jun 2013 #30

It's the war on education Tgmr55 Jun 2013 #20

The New Jim Crow. The school-to-prison pipeline Cal Carpenter Jun 2013 #21

They are much more generous with death for lesser crimes. berni_mccoy Jun 2013 #24

Because of the inane 2nd amendment. No other nation allows 82 people a day to day because of guns. graham4anything Jun 2013 #26

Excellent point treestar Jun 2013 #29

The penal systems of both countries are a crime against humanity. Bad and badder. leveymg Jun 2013 #27

We humans create societies that have little or no support for the abused, mentally ill, and other... BlueJazz Jun 2013 #34

It would be a lot more complex than that treestar Jun 2013 #28

is that picture of Tibet, oh, lets not talk about that, or the other ethnic groups in China still_one Jun 2013 #32

What happened around 1978? Soundman Jun 2013 #33