[moate]

You say this, and I agree with you, and yet the system works the way it works for a reason.

Like if I were an amoral shitbird with lots of money and familiarity with law enforcement, I'd probably start opening a chain of for-profit prisons while also lobbying for "tough on crime" laws and politicians. Then I'd use my for prisoners to produce goods which I could then sell back to someone for a profit.

But I'm sure no amoral shitbirds like that exist and the 80s/90s saw this happen purely by coincidence.