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Very weird that I am so old and have literally never heard this mentioned in a TV show or book or movie or anything.

In four out of five states, if you go to prison, you are literally paying for the time you spend there.

As you can guess, this results in crippling debt as soon as you’re released.

The county gets back a fraction of what they hold over your head the rest of your life until you commit suicide(or die naturally and peacefully with the sword of damocles hanging over your head).

$20-$80 a day according to Rutgers.

Counties apparently sue people and employ wage garnishment to get back the money that majority of people obviously cannot pay back.

https://www.rutgers.edu/news/states-unfairly-burdening-incarcerated-people-pay-stay-fees

  • laughterlaughter@lemmy.worldEnglish
    269·
    7 months ago

    Oh, please. If he was an authoritarian, he would behave like Trump or any other authoritarian ruler out there.

    Remember when Trump was president? He would kick reporters out of the white house, or tear gas people in front of the white house for a photo op. He said stuff like “I totally won’t do this,” then the very following day, he would do that. His speech was divisive. Should I go on?

    • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1333·
      7 months ago

      Just because Trump was more personally belligerent doesn’t change the fact that Biden is an authoritarian.

      • laughterlaughter@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2310·
        7 months ago

        You just spotted my flawed argument. True. Biden is not authoritarian, though.

        Tell me how is Biden authoritarian, Russian Agent #4557?

            • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
              817·
              7 months ago

              Right, because you’re insecure about the fact that you can’t rebut my replies.

              The problem with that is we all have to suffer for the insistence of you and yours to elect these people.

              • keyez@lemmy.worldEnglish
                125·
                7 months ago

                Funny the left feels the EXACT same way, report to your handlers/Putin your job was done for today and some fresh air would be a good idea.