Greetings Economists,
On Mar 21, 2008, at 9:06 AM, Michael Smith wrote:
Why does maintaining the legions throughout
the Empire require locking up so many people at home?
Doyle;
I think the Vietnam war crystalized the right to their base of
strength about war or military spending. Hence the reasoning of
prison went toward a war like attitude because it comes out of global
powers that have no cultural responsibilities. Effectively, prisons
enhance an attitude that promises by war to secure threats to wealth,
and happiness. The cohesion of African Americans was a threat so they
became the target of repression that was a 'war on drugs'. The U.S.
power pillars of a big war machine, dollar finance dominance, unite
under a cultural threat that large groups make. And therefore prisons
that hold a significant fraction of African American men demonstrate
the efficacy of war to national interest abroad.
Thanks,
Doyle Saylor
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