• stinky@redlemmy.com
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    7 days ago

    It’s not about economy or labor, it’s about taking away people’s rights. They’re not looking to gain anything, they’re looking to take something away from someone else.

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      7 days ago

      For conservatives, they can’t win unless someone else loses. So if they see immigrants and trans people getting rights, they see it as they (conservatives) are losing rights.

      Absolutely maddening to see the logic in their heads.

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      6 days ago

      It’s a for-profit prison system. They are absolutely looking to gain something–money that they don’t have to earn.

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        6 days ago

        It’s a pittance ($74 billion) compared to the incomes of the families and corporations they protect. Yes they make money but they are not there to make money. They are there to take rights away from people and make sure they don’t revolt.

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          6 days ago

          I agree. The labor part, however, is totally about exploitation and profit. I’m sure they also get some joy in further eroding the rights and therefore humanity of the inmates while they are at it.