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[-] sunshine@lemmy.ml 215 points 1 week ago

This has been making the rounds on line, but it turns out that this business merely grows cannabis at a former prison that's been repurposed; it's not being grown by the inmates.

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 58 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Are people really thinking the government would spend money to grow weed to get people out of prison?

Seems obvious that it’s not actually inmates.

[-] Sineljora@sh.itjust.works 54 points 1 week ago

They lease inmates to Wendy’s so I wouldn’t be surprised

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

So they’re gonna raise money to release their money makers? Thats the hitch in the thought process here.

[-] match@pawb.social 3 points 1 week ago

no, i thought a pot company was leasing prisoners for a grow op and giving a portion of profits back

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You seriously thought a prison would lease its inmates to a company trying to release said inmates…?

That still doesn’t fit with the “in a prison” either.

Critical thinking is seriously lacking in this world.

[-] bob_lemon@feddit.org 22 points 1 week ago

Government? No. But I could definitely see private prison corporations making money selling prison slave labor weed.

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Private prisons still operate under government oversite and with government founding….

And maybe having private prisons is its own issue entirely…?

That logic still makes no sense and is flawed at its basic starting point. A prison isn’t gonna raise money to get its inmates removed lmfao, they wouldn’t need money, they would just you know… let them out… fuck people are stupid and can’t think for more than 2 seconds.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 9 points 1 week ago

I don't think people think the government is spending money to grow weed to get people out of prison, I think people thought people were paying inmates on work release or whatever to grow weed to get people out of prison.

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

… so they are using their money makers to get their money makers out of prison…?

Still makes no sense that way, it’s obvious inmates have nothing to do with it.

And what part of “at a prison” means work release anyways?

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago

Just explaining what I thought people thought, no need to get defensive.

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

And none of those people stopped to think for more than 2 seconds. That’s not even a valid line of reasoning.

A prison isn’t going to lease their inmates to a company that wants to get inmates released.

And none of that implies anything about it being “in a prison”

Critical thinking is a seriously lacking trait in today’s age….

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

Empathy is also seriously lacking. Like belittling people so much over something so minor. Relax. It's not that big of a deal.

[-] JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Of course they would be spending money. That would be ridiculous. They would me MAKING money of course

[-] jaaake@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

I feel like people are massively downplaying the mission statement and potential impact of this organization because they’re caught up on the mental image they’ve conjured of a prisoner being forced to grow marijuana while being imprisoned for selling marijuana. That’s not at all what is happening.

As you mention, a decommissioned prison is being used as a legal grow site. The non-profit organization running the operation has the intention of using the income generated from this to free people that are were imprisoned for doing this very same thing before a legal pathway was possible.

It’s crazy to me that people were not set free once we flipped the switch and decided that selling marijuana was something that should be taxed and regulated. Yes, I get that it’s still possible to sell weed illegally if you don’t have the proper permits. I also understand that these people broke laws when that’s what the law was. But it just feels wrong. Especially considering this was a once a way for people with limited income opportunities to take control of their financial future, and now the people profiting from this are mostly people with stable finances that are looking to increase their profits.

Anyway, I applaud Last Prisoner Project and I think the idea of using a former prison has helped spread their message. I just wish there was a concise way to explain where the irony actually lies.

[-] HertzDentalBar 57 points 1 week ago

www.lastprisonerproject.org

Should probably check this out before making assumptions.

[-] DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com 5 points 1 week ago

This is awesome. I'm hoping that the frustration with this current administration motivates people to start doing things like this. Community organizing and creative solutions to validate our voiceless absurdity through real means that improve each other's lives.

[-] latenightnoir@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago

This may be one of those memetic SCPs, because my brain feels really funny after reading that. And not in a good way...

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 14 points 1 week ago
[-] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

I hate this with every fibre of my being.

Yes, I subscribed, obviously.

[-] latenightnoir@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Thank you! I physically recoiled from the first post I saw!

[-] __nobodynowhere@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 week ago

#Prison Labor Is Not Actually Used

[-] thann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 week ago
[-] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 12 points 1 week ago

And they said we couldn't run a nation solely using the power of massive amounts of cognitive dissonance........

[-] Impound4017@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago
[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

It's not prisoners' labor, just farmed in an old prison

[-] Impound4017@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

I was more referring to the nation as a whole, but that’s reassuring to hear!

[-] hungryphrog 5 points 1 week ago

It's not slave labor, it's forced labor, which is totally not just an euphemism for slavery!

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 5 points 1 week ago

I hope this only has ~2% THC

[-] Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

I do not know the legitimacy of the LPP organization, but do people not see through the ironic statement at all?

[-] TheFriar@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

It’s postmodern meta capitalism. Specifically the stage after late stage where it’s so absurd it’s almost be funny if it weren’t going to kill us all. It’s like standing in front of a firing line, and the shooters are all holding squirt guns except one clown who’s holding a real gun

[-] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago

This isn't even late stage capitalism this is just too far gone capitalism

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