Oh trust me, there is plenty of shit going on in the world. Sure, many issues and injustices of the past aren't problems today, or aren't big ones, but new ones always come up, but in different forms that we don't quite recognize quickly enough. And even some of those problems may not be as bad as some of the issues of the past, they are still problems. Sure, we don't force our kids to go work in dangerous factory conditions, we just forcibly send them to an inefficient, counter-intellectual school system and misdiagnose them with mental disorders and drug them if they aren't compatible with such an environment. Sure, these drugs might not cut their hands off, but drugs such as Ritalin, while still generally ineffective, can cause depression, heart problems, anxiety, dependency on the drug, more serious mental health issues down the line, and even death in rare cases. Are these two things really that different?
Also, America contains 25% of our planet's prison population. We have the highest incarceration rate in the world, and the private-prison industry is a rapidly growing and highly profitable. The prison population manufactures a significant amount of both military and consumer goods for little or not pay. This dramatic increase in incarceration is largely the result of rigid sentencing laws, tough, but still ineffective drug laws, and recidivism. Despite how prisons don't really solve criminal issues, they are more widely used them ever in America. Honestly, I hate to be that guy, but how is this really all that different from the slave trade back then? Do all of these people really deserve this kind of punishment, aren't there better ways to solve these issues or prevent them? And need I remind you, that the private-prison industry benefits from crime. How is that moral?
