Example: I believe that IP is a direct contradiction of nature, sacrificing the advancement of humanity and the world for selfish gain, and therefore is sinful.

Edit: pls do not downvote the comments this is a constructive discussion

Edit2: IP= intellectal property

Edit3: sort by controversal

  • Cadenza@lemmy.world
    4·
    7 days ago

    I would suggest this article as an introduction to penal abolition.

    But, to sum some common abolitionist answers, I would say :

    • Replace the penal system with an appropriately modified version of civil law (Hulsmann)
    • Transformative justice (focus on the needs of the victim, apply peer pressure and other non segregative means of social control on the perpetrator, while taking in account the needs of said perpetrator) (Ruth Morris, Mariam Kana)
    • Community mediation with a fallback segregative solution (Christie)
    • Tackling the needs of the population to reduce violent crime (all of them)
    • The list goes on and on! I can point you to other resources if you’re interested.
    • Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world
      4·
      6 days ago

      Restorative justice programs have been implemented in Indigenous Canadian communities with higher success than the existing contemporary justice system. With high recursion and incarceration rates for indigenous people, those programs address the root of crime without punishment while still holding perpetrators accountable. Most importantly, it’s done in a way that seeks to support rather than re-victimize those affected by crime.

      I absolutely agree with the abolishionist movement but hadn’t known till now that it was large scale and worldwide. I agree with the changes being made locally without understanding the whole philosophy, basically. Thanks for giving me a good reason to learn more about it.

      • Cadenza@lemmy.world
        2·
        6 days ago

        My pleasure, really! Ruth Morris and Kaba are, for me, the two insisting the most on the link between first nations practices of restauration and possible ways to start an abolitionniste strain from there, if you’re interested in these…

        As for the movement in general, it started to grow in the 60’s. Mainly driven by professors of law and critical criminology, on the one side, prisoners movements and unions on the other side. A great deal of anarchists, a lot of religious people, a few moral radicalists. Many had a common experience of nazi camps. That may be too simple of an explanation, but some of them explicitly state that to account for their interest in prison and hatred for the penal system.

        • Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world
          2·
          6 days ago

          I appreciate that. I’m going to see if there’s anything published on/by them at my local library. (not sarcastic I love the library)