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BlueTsunami2018

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12. Yeah, Capitalism sucks.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun May 31, 2026, 02:01 PM

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Every problem we have can be traced right back to one source. Healthcare sucks? Capitalism. Education sucks? Capitalism. Homeless people? Capitalism. Food insecurity? Capitalism. Environmental degradation? Capitalism. Lack of equity? Capitalism.

Our tax dollars are spent to kill people around the world and steal their resources. Why? Capitalism.

Privatizing prisons is inherently going to be corrupt because the point isn’t rehabilitation or making sure justice is done, it’s about filling beds and giving the least amount of care possible because you want to squeeze every last bit of profit out of it as you can.

How many judges have had cases against them for throwing as many people in jail as they can for kickbacks?

The problem is capitalism, it’s always been the problem, it’ll always be the problem.

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Privatizing prisons and detention facilities is one of the worst public policy decisions this country has ever made. [View all] Swede Sunday OP

I've been saying this for years. wnylib Sunday #1

The new plantations and chain gangs malaise Sunday #3

Not a problem for Uglicans -- they don't really want a democracy anyway. eppur_se_muova Sunday #4

Private industry profiting off of locking up our fellow citizens & lobbying congress for draconian laws. CrispyQ Sunday #8

Andy Kim gives me hope. So does mahina Sunday #2

I hope Jasmine Crockett runs again for the House. She is fearless. OGBuzz Sunday #18

I feel the same! mahina Sunday #23

attorney general cynical_idealist Sunday #27

Just own the responsibility Envirogal Sunday #5

The very idea is so asinine, immoral, and ridden with conflicts of interest to the point Uncle Joe Sunday #6

The constitution says all prions (not just for-profit ones) can use slave labor Soul_of_Wit Sunday #17

That's correct, but private for profit prisons send lobbyists to bribe government officials Uncle Joe Sunday #21

Prisons and concentration camps make money whether they're privatized or not. That's why the exist. The only difference WhiskeyGrinder Sunday #7

Governments are more accountable Soul_of_Wit Sunday #13

It's still profit and slave labor. WhiskeyGrinder Sunday #19

I remember when Little Joe crud Sunday #9

Completely agree. Buddyzbuddy Sunday #10

True. Horrifically true Easterncedar Sunday #11

Yeah, Capitalism sucks. BlueTsunami2018 Sunday #12

Yet the capitalists tell us that socialism is the root of all evil. OGBuzz Sunday #20

This was covered in Kurt Vonnegut's 1990 novel, "Hocus Pocus." The Wizard Sunday #14

I wonder if Geo Group founder and CEO George Zoley, a huge supporter OGBuzz Sunday #15

Mass incarceration started under Reagan orangecrush Sunday #16

Why doesnt the government have a policy to subsidize more doctors? SSJVegeta Sunday #22

I recently read it's not just warehouse type facilities now... littlemissmartypants Sunday #24

That's at least $1 million per detainee nuxvomica Sunday #25

Put the entire C-suite of GEO Group in prison garb, and make them break rocks with pickaxes for 12+ hours sakabatou Sunday #26

It's Certainly Up There ProfessorGAC Sunday #28