[lbo-talk] Prison system and the nonsense of public opinion

[Carrol Cox]

A National Cry for Criminal Justice Reform
by Katrina vanden Heuvel
More Americans than ever, across a transpartisan spectrum, now understand
that incarceration-as-usual isn't working.	 

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Even vanden Heuvel ses the light.

I rather suspect that somewhat fewer than 98% of the population would now
condemn my proposal for abolishing the prisons system.

That was almost the only response on this list to my suggestion.

Leftiists or those who  want to claim the label simply have to forget aboaut
"public opinion" at any given moment.

The polls are accurate but still irrelevant.

Almost the core task of leftists is to CHANGE public  opinion; that is not
done by worshipping  it.

Carrol