Fifty years in prison for what? Murder? Rape? No, capitalism doesn't work that way. 'A habitual offender may have committed his final felony, after a judge sentenced him to 50 years for stealing a rack of ribs from a shop. Willie Smith Ward, 43, attempted to steal the $35 large stack of ribs at the H-E-B store in Maco, Texas, by smuggling it underneath his shirt.' (Independent, 31 May) A $35 felony? Fifty years in prison probably seems just in this crazy society of capitalism. Why didn't he just starve? Capitalism has got to protect itself from workers like Ward. RD
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