I must be a really big idiot, cause I entirely missed where Nihles shows his ass here.
Anyway, I think the problem is fairly obvious and the journalists here sort of tap dance around it.
The trouble is the message that these idiots and the private troubled parent industry are trying to beat into these kids heads. The trouble w/ the message is that it is a lie. No matter how badly you beat up a kid, they're not going to believe an obvious lie.
The truth is that these kids are not going to become secure and moderately wealthy, even solvent, by working at McDonalds. Not even if they do become managers. The truth is that dealing dope on the street is, far and away, more lucrative and offers more autonomy and self respect than any other choice available to a young juvenile delinquent. Even if Mom and Grandma love them, they keep a job, try to take responsibility for that love child, they're fucked nine ways from Sunday.
See, these idiots who run these boot camps thing they're sooooo fucking tough. But the got nothin' on the local key man; either in terms of oportunity nor strict enforcement.
As long as prohibition is enforce, none of that will change. Does anybody get that? Is it so complicated? Is it hard to understand? Have we learned NOthing from alcohol prohibition?
Just in case, let me spell it out in crayon for the simple minded. When alcohol distribution was a federal crime, all of the millions of dollars in the industry was illegal money. No legal protection for this vast wealth whatever. No insurance policies, no police service, no protection but freelance policeing, cheerfully provided by criminal organizations at whatever price the market dictated.
Under a prohibition model, there is no particular reason to keep the kids out of the trade. In fact, the rules make it very sensible to employ minors. They're notoriously bad at assesing opportunities from a sensible risk/benefit perspective. In fact most of them tend to prefer a little more excitement. They haven't got expenses like rent, car payments, taxes, etc. So they work real cheap. Besides, most of them don't have kids, so the authorities can't threaten to take the kids hostage to force compliance.
When a beer distributor doesn't get paid, he makes a police report and forwards it to his insurance company. When an illegal distributor doesn't get paid, he takes out a hit (Valentines Day Massacre, anyone?)
What I don't understand is how and why adults have such a difficult time understanding this very simple, basic truth of economics. The kids don't seem to have any trouble at all grasping these concepts; even the ones who can't read or write beyond a 2nd grade level. WT
F is wrong w/ adults ta'day :question: :question: :question:
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