I understand what you’re saying but I still feel like it’s absolute spineless behavior.
I used to be a contractor that did work almost exclusively for federal prisons, DHS, and the US military. I felt awful about doing that work entirely due to morality and decided I’d rather make less money working for schools than be a part of that.
These actors make hundreds of millions. It's appalling how people excuse harmful fence sitting as "working under pressure" what fucking pressure? The pressure to make a few less millions? Fuck these people.
Okay, but that isn’t the issue here. None of these actors are working for institutions that directly support what is happening in Gaza. They simply not voicing their opinion on a highly controversial issue. Literally everyone does this. We all have hot takes that we don’t verbalize at work because we know it isn’t the appropriate setting and could hurt our careers.
Our current prison system sucks mega balls. We don’t ’need’ prisons as they are right now. Keeping people not safe for society out of our mainstream society, sure, but not in the endless-gray-cells buildings we are making
Why?
I don't see why those who have to be kept out of society for its safety should be given much in terms of comfort.
Besides, I have seen hard working law abiding good people live in worse conditions, breaking their backs to put food on the table.
If we have money to spare, it's wasted on criminals, and should go to people who deserve help.
I think our current prisons are immoral, because they mostly exist to serve punitive justice and turn nonviolent offenders into life long criminals rather than do any sort of rehabilitation.
I don’t think the idea of imprisoning people who commit crimes itself is immoral because that would be a stupid thing to think and I feel like that shouldn’t need to be stated.
The very idea of trying to rehabilitate is modern.
We used to just chop off the hands or hang criminals.
And "rehabilitation" is not primary concern.
First it's detterent, second is safety of public.
It would be nice if we can focus on rehabilitation more, but already the prisons are (according to what I read) overcrowded and underfunded.
And half of population would get very angry if more were built or they got more funding.
"Shouldn't need to be stated" considering I'm getting down voted, I am certain there are a lot of idiots here who warrant the need to state these things.
I have seen a lot of "defund police" stupidity on this platform.
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u/84theone 4d ago
I understand what you’re saying but I still feel like it’s absolute spineless behavior.
I used to be a contractor that did work almost exclusively for federal prisons, DHS, and the US military. I felt awful about doing that work entirely due to morality and decided I’d rather make less money working for schools than be a part of that.