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The Fierce Arrogance of Now

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

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Crime is Not Rising, And It Was Not Productive

The first million people we put in jail probably reduce the crime rate, but as you put in the the second million, yoyou may be doing more harm than good. And i think that this also goes back to another unproductive way that people tended to talk about crime as if it was all just non violent drug offences. It's a lot of rapus. People who, like half of the people who are in us Prisons area, more than half are there for violent crimes. Sure. Sending en to prison can basically ho who might otherwise have gone straight, turn someone into a criminal.

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