Today, the owner of the lucrative Jane bakery chain in San Francisco, a self-described "lifelong Democrat" emailed customers of her bakery an unhinged rant asking them to support a far-right campaign to recall the local District Attorney. A few thoughts.
First, the bakery owner has not a shred of evidence to back up any of her vague claims about "crime." There is no evidence that more police, prosecution, human caging, and family separation would lead to less crime. (She's also wrong about basic SF crime trends!) Embarrassing.
Second, that it is an unhinged cop-union delusion with no basis in reality hasn't stopped other very wealthy white people in San Francisco from spreading it. Look at how this wealthy person debases themself to call for more poor families to be separated.
https://twitter.com/michelletandler/status/1436049363269144602
This is apparently who we are dealing with. It's astonishing that a person with so much privilege would call for such violence to other people's bodies without learning even basic facts about public safety:
https://twitter.com/mayavada/status/1364081366082621444
Third, understand the context. These calls for more human caging and family separation thru cash bail are being made in the context of a country that cages people at 5-10 times the rate of other countries and cages Black people 6 times South Africa at the height of Apartheid.
Fourth, in addition to wealthy white people calling for more human caging as a response to their discomfort seeing (but not wanting to do anything about poverty and mental illness), we must examine how silly people like this are bombarded with copaganda:
https://twitter.com/equalityAlec/status/1422949496783347720
Fifth, the result of the constant misinformation by irresponsible San Francisco media repeating false police union and bail industry talking points is a mass delusion among wealthy SF residents that "crime" is rising and that more human caging is the socially beneficial response.
My heart hurts that we live in a society where so many people who are capable of so much love and compassion for other human beings have been so corrupted by decades of addition to inequality, human caging, and the leadership of a corrupt bureaucratic elite who profit from it.
By the way, here is the outrageous email from Jane Bakery owner that started it all:
https://twitter.com/michelletandler/status/1436048022807347200
If more cops and prosecutors reduced the small sliver of illegal stuff Jane means by "crime," the U.S. would be the safest country in the world b/c no country in history has spent more money on police, prosecutors, and prisons, and none is more punitive.
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