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Orbán’s defeat holds lessons for US: ‘Autocrats may rise, but are not invincible’
(www.theguardian.com)
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No, no, no. He shouldn't get the easy way out.
I hope he lives for a long time, and that he spends that long time in prison for the things he did.
Prisons are not supposed to be places of torture.
Prisons are supposed to be rehabilitation centers. Basically hospitals with doctors to help people recover from their illnesses.
In what sense are they supposed to be rehabilitation centres? Prisons have always been places of punishment, and places where we can remove people we don't believe are safe in society. Rehabilitation is one of their aims, and it would be nice if it were the main one, but I don't think that is functionally true almost anywhere in the world.
It's literally called the "department of corrections"
And, yeah, loads of States basically give you an apartment and excellent resources to help with your recovery. Including the ability to commute to a university during the day.
And they literally manage "United States penitentiaries", so it's probably not worth playing the semantics game.
Put it another way - is Trump really redeemable at his age? If not, what should happen to him after this is all over? I think that denying him his freedom, with or without an attempt to rehabilitate him, would be a reasonable punishment. I think he deserves worse, I just don't trust anyone to judge and administer that properly.
Good point, although we're way past rehabilitation in this case.
He already lived for a long time, and every minute he lives he does horrible stuff.
Would that still be the case if sentenced and imprisoned?
Yes. He has too much power, wealth and influence. He will use it to destabilize any of his opponents and country. He will try anything to get out. He even became president a second time to avoid prosecution for sexually abusing children, among other crimes he committed, for which he just lost the first case already.