Who Else Wants to Laugh Off the Next Election, However it Goes?
By Joe Jarvis - March 21, 2018
"Tyrants may oppress you. They may lead you into disastrous wars. But they don’t demand that you take personal responsibility, that great burden of democracy. And every tyrant worth his salt provides scapegoats for his people’s failures: It’s never your fault, it’s them." Politicians sell victimhood. They convince individuals that nothing is in your control. And in doing so, the politicians seize the power for themselves. Individuals really do have personal power, but they end up selling it to be cleansed of their personal responsibility.
Japan is so broke that its prisons are full of 80+ year old ‘felons’
By Simon Black - March 21, 2018
‘Mrs. F.’ was 84 years old the first time she ever went to prison.
Her crime? Petty shoplifting. She stole rice, strawberries, and cold medicine.
She served her time. Got released. Then shoplifted again so that she’d go back to prison.
She’s now 89 years old serving out another 2 ½ year sentence, not too far away from where I am right now, at a women’s prison about 60 miles outside of Tokyo.
She’s not the only one.
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