A Boring Dystopia

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[–] bamfic@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (4 children)

OP notes that prisons in america now charge you for your stay.

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[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Some states will do that which is why you rob a bank making it a federal case. Generally, federal prisons are better than state prisons in the United States.

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Meaning it's a one-way ticket. You never really got rid of slavery.

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[+] Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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Take an hour to watch this to get all of it.

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[–] Flipper@feddit.org 2 points 2 years ago*

You'd hate to hear where law's like loitering is illegal come from.

The idea behind them was basically to book the released slaves and then rent them out to the farms again.

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[–] absentbird@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

And if you don't get caught you can use the money for food, housing and healthcare.

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[–] Eiri@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That is an if so huge I think I can feel its gravitational attraction.

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[–] absentbird@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Only 10% of bank robberies fail, and 80% of stolen bank money is never recovered.

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[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago

Brb gonna go research a new uh... Hobby