Why private prisons are such a terrible, terrible thing.

[SlowwHand]

If you played Civ II, I know how you'd do it. Build settlers, markets and build the cheapest military only when the citizens were discontent. You'd be toast.

[Aeson]

Against what? Defunding the military? It's right there - in the constitution.

Roughly maintaining military expenditures even once a boom economy with two active wars turns to an economy in recession with dwindling military engagements hardly qualifies as "defunding".

Not that "defunding" the military would be unconstitutional.

[Aeson]

If you played Civ II, I know how you'd do it. Build settlers, markets and build the cheapest military only when the citizens were discontent. You'd be toast.

You also can conquer the entire world with a single Chariot ... or hex edit game files and give yourself Tundra tiles that produce 99 Gold/Food/Trade per turn and the AI still won't use them! So why don't we just do that? *movingtoalaskathiswintertofarm*

[Imran Siddiqui]

If you played Civ II, I know how you'd do it. Build settlers, markets and build the cheapest military only when the citizens were discontent. You'd be toast.

Or you know, you could take the military that was more than every other player combined and half it, remaining safe, but having money to actually put into infrastructure and research.

[ZEE]

Or you know, you could take the military that was more than every other player combined and half it, remaining safe, but having money to actually put into infrastructure and research.

Imran Sukdiqui.

[giblets]

And yet you also support Sharia. Odd that.

How is that odd? I'm guessing Iran and Saudi Arabia have publicly owned prisons.

[Ben Kenobi]

Not that "defunding" the military would be unconstitutional.

Just like the second amendment.

[Ben Kenobi]

How is that odd? I'm guessing Iran and Saudi Arabia have publicly owned prisons.

So you're in favor of welding the state and church together?

[Aeson]

Just like the second amendment.

Yah, the founding fathers no doubt meant "feeding a giant military-industrial complex through wars of aggression to the tune of no less than 700 billion a year" by "militia"

[giblets]

So you're in favor of welding the state and church together?

No...? Where did you get that idea?

[Ben Kenobi]

Yah, the founding fathers no doubt meant "feeding a giant military-industrial complex through wars of aggression to the tune of no less than 700 billion a year" by "militia"

Just like the 'right to bear arms shall not be infringed', means mag bans.

[Aeson]

Just like the 'right to bear arms shall not be infringed', means mag bans.

... and "all men are created equal" means white male landowners matter and everyone else is their property.

[Ben Kenobi]

and "all men are created equal" means white male landowners matter and everyone else is their property.

Which is why it's the 2nd Amendment. 13+14th are no less valid.

[Aeson]

You're supposed to continue to build unrelated strawmen ... not return to the last unrelated strawman ... that's boring

[MrFun]

Six things everyone should know about private/for-profit prisons.