#which would decimate the vast majority of the imprisoned populace by way of eliminating both motives to commit crime and laws themselves | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

ikilledamanforthisurl · 1 year

Text

yknow the most unbelievable thing about star trek isn't the aliens, isn't dodgy dialogue or cheesy aesthetics or bad CGI, but rather the fact that the Federation, self-proclaimed "paradise", operates a prison system

#ikildaman shut the fuck up #ds9 #it doesnt rlly change much if the way their prisons are operated differs from ours #lesser punishments. different kinds of imprisonment. marginally better healthcare and support structures. a complete lack of labour #a prison system is a prison system is a prison system is proven inefficient #you mean to tell me we achieved “paradise” while still operating prisons?........ u sure?#“what are they sposed to do with criminals” rehabilitative structures bitch(jesse pinkman voice #earth has supposedly binned money and presumably destigmatised most forms of disabilities + conditions + dependencies #which would decimate the vast majority of the imprisoned populace by way of eliminating both motives to commit crime and laws themselves #SOME** laws (see: dependencies. yknow like most drugs. cant go to prison for owning a baggie if the law against it is eliminated)#anyways i kindof understand why theyd just use the term prison anyways as a quick shorthand so the audience Knows that theres Consequences #but theres no way we achieved this utopic future while still operating prisons. in this essay i won't. goodnight

4 notes · View notes