We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Saturday, March 17, 2012

This Investor Presentation For A Private Prison Is One Of The Creepiest Presentations We've Ever Seen

Click here to access article by Joe Weisenthal from Business Insider. 

Well, it might have been "creepy" for this investor, but there are a lot of sociopathic investors out there who clearly see an opportunity to become rich by investing in this growing industry. After all, the U.S. has the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. With over 2.3 million men and women living behind bars, our imprisonment rate is also the highest it's ever been, and it is expected to grow once this latest recession is over.

For all you sociopathic investors who follow this blog (sarcasm), be sure to check out the slide presentation at the end of the article.
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