"The U.S. incarceration binge is not tied to crime. It's a strategy to control the surplus population in a capitalist system that is breaking down."

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“Jerry is perceived by most legislators as very selfish.”

“Jerry has no political or ideological anchor.”

“He is by an order of magnitude the most self-absorbed politician I have ever dealt with.”

“is the most self-serving, inept politician that I have ever met in my 35 years in politics.”

“I don't know who Jerry Brown is anymore. There's been so many evolvements.”

“Government, no less than the individual, must live within limits. It is time to bring our accounts into balance. Government, as exemplar and teacher, must manifest a self-discipline that spreads across the other institutions in our society, so that we can begin to work for the future, not just consume the present.”

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— Bertrand Russell

Philosophy1872–1970

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