Mass incarceration is driven less by profit than collective pride in our stern morality: prisons are our cathedralshttps://twitter.com/keithboykin/status/829210280878100480 …
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Yeah, I think there’s a big piece in there that’s about stern morality maybe in the sense of “civilizing.”
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The history in AL and NY is different - also AL has higher black population to incarcerate/control.
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In any case, I think it’s less consciously economic coercion than a general taste for a plantation-like power structure.
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