YOU SEEM SO SURE
How One-Sided Is This, Really?
Maybe It Depends On The Variable You Choose To Split
“Our legal system is rigged. I’m being persecuted against.”
He heard on the TV, during his only hour a week around electronics. Some trials are a publicity stunt, after a person reaches a certain level. Outcomes are very different for those that make the rules — no matter the side they claim to fight for.
He woke each morning and readied himself to work 10+ hours a day. Sometimes he was working with cattle, other days may involve chickens or corn. Large equipment and animals were nothing new. A few friends had met their maker, with such little training and so few precautions required. The people that echoed the “Work hard and you’ll succeed” mantra, obviously didn’t know these practices legally existed.
He earned pennies an hour, or at least that’s what he was paid. Most of his earnings covered his forced vacation. The large conglomerates benefited hand over fist, the state broke even. Food suppliers, coal, and even for profit prison systems shied away from talking publicly about these services. Shareholders enjoyed the dividends.
He would hear some scream, “Pay for what you did!” Only bad people go to prison. When a buddy from high school lets your 0.18% BAC driving slide, your halo grows.
He checked the calendar, decades in this hell. His prime lost to paperwork and double standards. A natural leafy green put him here. He sat and listened, as an elite claimed injustice for an elaborate scheme towards a victimless crime.
How amazing for a prison system, that’s a drain on society’s taxes, to create millionaires. Each hyper-focused on morals and ethics? Privatization sure pays off, for a select few.
He sat and watched the media gather, a great photo op of a convicted felon, walking out the front door in a 5-figure business suit, wrists exposed as the unfortunate truth — we crave distraction.
This piece was inspired by investigative works researched by others. Based on review, the source, AP News, is scored as less bias than many others and considered highly credible. There are multiple articles on this subject. Click here for one.
