Well you see, the government can’t provide bare necessities for all people even though it’s cheaper than putting homeless people in prison because if they did, then the rich people would lose their precious reserve army of labor, and how else are they going to convince people to work for less under worse conditions?
“We thought about your idea of not letting rich people make the world worse. But that’s where profit comes from, and we prefer money to people, so we’re just going to put you in prison, instead.”
Well you see, the government can’t provide bare necessities for all people even though it’s cheaper than putting homeless people in prison because if they did, then the rich people would lose their precious reserve army of labor, and how else are they going to convince people to work for less under worse conditions?
“We thought about your idea of not letting rich people make the world worse. But that’s where profit comes from, and we prefer money to people, so we’re just going to put you in prison, instead.”