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I never understood this logic (lemmy.sdf.org)
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[โ€“] jabjoe@feddit.uk 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I'm sure that is the motivation of some, those involved, but the vast majority of support will be voters who think deterrence works.

[โ€“] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

It's the prison-industrial complex paying the politicians to push this stuff through. Voters don't matter to the politics being pushed, they just get told later that they wanted them.