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Oh, we're going to do this again? We're going to try to pass the same unconditional laws that Stephen Harper tried to pass then spent years and tens of millions of dollars defending all the way to the Supreme Court only to lose because everyone, including Harper, knew from the very beginning that they were unconstitutional?

Just fucking great. Can we not? Can you just roll your neo-fascist lack-of-virtue signalling into a cylinder and shove it up your fucking at instead?

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[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Certain parts of America tried this. It’s what put record numbers of non-violent “criminals” permanently in prison for such things like stealing a loaf of bread.

Tens of thousands spend per prisoner for having stolen a loaf of bread.

If that same money were spent in giving low-income people more economic opportunities, none of those crimes would happen and the country as a whole would be far wealthier.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

In Dare Devil they touch this topic and the guy getting arrested for stealing some popcorn or something like that says they want to spend thousands of dollars to jail me for a month, rather than feed me for thousands less.