I’m not really sure why people are vilifying companies like
this. They are providing a service that helps in many ways, not the least of
which is the easing of the over-population in our state prisons. That is
something that should be commended, right?
I will be using the term “private prisons” and not using the
term “for-profit prisons” and I’ll tell you why: The average person has it in
their minds that anything “for profit” is evil.
Why? I have no fucking idea!
Um… everybody understands that we live in a capitalist
society, where money is the goal for business.
According to Wikipedia:
“Capitalism is an economic system based on private ownership
of the means of production and their operation for profit”
Did you catch those last two words up there??
Technically, it's a mixed
economy, with some industries being free markets, and others being controlled
by government (a regulated market). But this is true for almost every country. The U.S. is a country
with the least government intervention in the developed world, so it is as
capitalist as one can get.
According to Wikipedia:
“A free market is a system in
which the prices for goods and services are determined by the open market and
consumers, in which the laws and forces of supply and demand are free from any
intervention by a government, price-setting monopoly, or other authority. It is
a result of a need being, then the need being met. A free market contrasts with
a regulated market, in which government intervenes in supply and demand through
non-market methods such as laws creating barriers to market entry or price
fixing. In a free-market economy, prices for goods and services are set freely
by the forces of supply and demand and are allowed to reach their point of
equilibrium without intervention by government policy, and it typically entails
support for highly competitive markets and private ownership of productive
enterprises.”
What all of this means is that a need
was identified and industrious people stepped in to fill the gap. This is not
new. This has been going on for all time. in 1868, convict leases were available where private parties could "rent" convicted people to supplement the workforce. The government would used convicts to perform tasks as well. Slavery may have been abolished, making it illegal to own people, but you could still rent them!
The Corrections Corporation of
America (CCA) was founded in 1984. This is not a new company.
We have all seen too many movies
where the evil corporation uses the prisoners for illegal activities or
brutalizes them for some demented or sadistic purpose, like Death Race (the 2008
film). Come on, you morons – that was a movie! There are regulations in place
to keep things in better shape than they can offer at a lot of the state run
prisons.
But I am not here to rant about state prisons vs. private prisons. I'm here to discuss the collective misdirection being perpetrated on us, the U.S. citizen. This picture is simply the latest (and best) tool to use to exemplify it. So I do so as follows:
Business (big or small) is not bad. It is not
evil. It is the very thing that allows us to have opportunities for advancement
within our society. Capitalism and the free market is what keeps us from being
a totally casted culture, doomed to stay within a certain social class.
Then some twat-waffle posts shit
like this to try and inspire outrage at the company because they (the company) actually take a stance to keep their business growing. It is a sound fiscal policy to donate
to organizations that will help your business prosper.
Nope.
The previously mentioned twat waffle has to look at it and
try and proclaim it as an evil or a moral outrage.
The point of all of my bullshit
today is to try and get you, my lone reader, to see this for what it is – a red
herring.
According to Wikipedia:
“A red herring is something that
misleads or distracts from a relevant or important issue.”
Interesting side note on the
origin of the term, herring is a fish often smoked and salted in a process
called kippering. This process turns the herring a reddish-brown color, and
they are referred to as a kipper, or red herring. This process predates
refrigeration and, due to that convenience not yet being available, the red
herring was extremely pungent, to say the least. Consequently, they were used
to create a false trail while training hunting dogs. Put down to intentionally try and misdirect
them.
Something is happening over there
somewhere while small minds with grand ideals spend time and effort looking for
something to be outraged about.
Today it is the fact that private
prisons are being run like a business. No shit, fuckface!
Yesterday it was where
transgender people pee.
Tomorrow, it will be something
equally inane.
Be vigilant and look for the
actions of the other hand.
