Neighbor was arrested for sawing utility poles down and selling the transformers for scrap! Last week he was dragging two I-beams behind his SUV again…
@33MHz Imagine a society where people's basic needs are met and there is no incentive for crime. That would save so much money, suffering, trauma, and death...
@33MHz well, the drug is the addict's basic need, right? A sane society treats addiction as what it is: an illness. Health insurance should pay for that. Not only the ethical thing to do but also saves society a shitton of money.
@bayprogrammer hihi, in prison, you are sometimes served cheese. I'm served cheese in the restaurant down the street too. Does that mean the restaurant down the street sounds like a prison to you? Sorry, mate that comparison is not valid.
@bayprogrammer If your basic needs are met, you are more likely a happy human being than if you have to struggle for even the basic needs. That was my intended implication here. Nothing more, nothing less.
@bayprogrammer Have you ever tried prison food? It's less about servicing basic needs and more about fulfilling a legally mandated requirement @blumenkraft@33MHz
@neil A legally mandated requirement to do what exactly? Are things like UBI and other socialist policies enacted via some mechanism other than law? @33MHz@blumenkraft
@bayprogrammer "A legally mandated requirement to do what exactly?"—To. Keep. Inmates. Alive. It's kind of depressing I had to spell that out @33MHz@blumenkraft