Sometimes a simple fact brings a compelling insight to a complex matter. Thanks to Wirearchy · The War On Drugs (Oops, Blacks) In The USA I now know that:
There is something terribly wrong about the USA and facts like this help to show this.
There are more black men in US prisons today than there were slaves in 1840, and they are being used for the same purpose; working for private corporations at 16 to 20 cents an hour.
There is something terribly wrong about the USA and facts like this help to show this.
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As someone regularly accused of being 'anti-American' I think the problem is that there is a terrible irony that a country that has stood as a beacon of justice, democracy and freedom for so many in the world is always revealed by statistics as the number one demon. I do not know how a country so full of generous, open-hearted and principled people has allowed itself to earn all the dubious world's most evil titles but I am certain it is a record that most Americans would be appalled by if they knew, but they don't as they live on a diet of media horseshit.