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Utopia of Fools's avatar

I drove a cab for over ten years in north-western Sydney. We had a big prison complex in our catchment. He's not lying. What always intrigued me was how similar the staff and the prisoners were.

I got shot while driving cab and I remember being asked what I thought of organised crime "out our way". I said I thought it would be a good idea as all the criminals I'd had dealings with were dumber than duck shit and the cops were lazier than a falling down fence.

Prisons get filled up with people who do stupid, stupid things; often over and over again. Most of it is people who would have been banged up in Lunatic Asylums prior to the "enlightenment" of the Richmond Report.

The real criminals, or their lobbyists, are wining and dining the Ministers of the Crown.

And so it goes...

khildegraff's avatar

Well-written: to the point. Working in retail with the general public rates a close second I think ... almost exactly the same except the IQ you encounter is 85 rather than 75 ... ask me how I know ...

Nikolai Vladivostok's avatar

Did you have any exceptional prisoners?

Lewis Woolston's avatar

We had Bradley Murdoch the guy convicted of the Falconio killing. He was about the only famous one. The rest were just Aboriginals and White Trash and they were all dumber than a sack of hammers.

Raaaaaaa's avatar

IQ develops after birth as well…

JimmieOakland's avatar

I've just come across an interesting fact. It seems that 50 percent of Australians are of below average intelligence. Who knew?

HD.H's avatar

whinge whinge whinge. life is what you make it! get into drop shipping, work at home, earn lots!

HD.H's avatar

yeah the grifters are in power at the moment and so many people are blind to them. btw i loved the vocab of your insults. stinging!

Utopia of Fools's avatar

Sorry I'll delete that. No. I didn't get the joke. Sorry, my bad.

HD.H's avatar

dont delete it man, i get the anger, i hate the blame that gets loaded on the poor and just plain unlucky, and all the “life is what you make it!” propaganda. maybe i wasnt clear enough thats what i was parodying

Utopia of Fools's avatar

Ah, it’s done. But it shows how ubiquitous, dehumanising and dangerous that ‘pull yourself up by your bootstraps’ schtick is. I’m working labour hire with a guy who just quit to go buy and sell bitcoin because what could go wrong. Keep parodying, and feel free to use any of the insults where appropriate.