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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.

Jerry Brown

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Jerry Brown
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: April 7
Blogger
Governor Of California
Lawyer
Politician
San Francisco County
California
Edmund Gerald Brown
Edmund Gerald Brown Jr.
Edmund Gerald Jerry Brown Jr.
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Population
Crime
Binge
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Incarceration
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Surplus

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