"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Profiting From Human Misery
"The majority of those we incarcerate in this country—and we incarcerate a quarter of the world’s prison population—have never committed a violent crime."
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Chris Hedges:
"...The majority of those we incarcerate in this country—and we incarcerate a quarter of the world’s prison population—have never committed a violent crime..."
I like Chris Hedges and admire his reporting and his analyses -- especially this essay. But I disagree with his use of the "we" word. I don't incarcerate anybody -- and certainly I don't incarcerate a quarter of the world's prison population.
I agree with Mark Davis and the late Delmar England: if I'm going to Be Free I need to start acting (and speaking) free.
Sam