October 23, 20169 yr Watching this now, about halfway through. EVERYONE needs to watch this. Every single person.
October 25, 20169 yr I'm going to watch it. Being that my son's are multiracial I'm making them watch it also. They need to understand the world we live in.
October 25, 20169 yr I watched it this past weekend. Quite a few eye opening points. ALEC was new to me. More than a little disturbing that the for-profit prisons would have that much say so in the development of law proposals... The policy that crack has a greater punishment than cocaine because of racial projections... The statistics.... My natural disposition is to go back to "don't commit the crime" but there is way more to it than that. I would recommend that everyone check it out.
October 25, 20169 yr Got a start on it the other night and I'm hoping for time to finish it this week. Unless I get sidetracked by some Star Trek.
November 1, 20169 yr Very sad. Very chilling. Highly recommended. I was never aware of ALEC before. And man, what a dirtbag Lee Atwater was. I knew that already, but it's worth repeating.
April 17, 20179 yr Watched the first 50 minutes or so this morning, hopefully will finish it this evening. ALEC discussion is where I hit pause and had to leave. So far the documentary has done a tremendous job of setting the framework for the system we presently we have.
April 18, 20179 yr Finished this last night. It is a must watch. The reality is we have created a country and culture that promotes incarceration. You are lying to yourself if you believe otherwise. While many injustices have occurred through history that has been people in prison that shouldn't have been, or in prison longer than necessary, most people that go to prison are guilty. The biggest injustice is that we have never tried to improve our system. I do see a shift in America attempting to rehabilitate individuals.
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