Is long-term solitary confinement torture?

[houseofcantor]

Alaska. I actually consider that the naive philosophy of zero-state morality could be applied to technocratic anarchy over the long term with a resultant of virtual utopia where the worst crimes would be an occasional bout of fisticuffs among young males at the community level just as a sorting of individual moral perspective.

But being a strategist does not mean being a dreamer; technocratic anarchy seems only feasible considering tribulation - I'd much prefer to be wrong about tribulation - in which case seeing this America evolve into the democracy of the American dreamer where prisons are still seen as necessary does not offend. Rather, thus deconstruct elements of my t-a to make whatever society I find myself in work better would be good use of the naive philosophy.

And that's what I got, from having been there. Criminals form their own society - let 'em. I remember one time there was gonna be scuffle between little ol' me and the shotcaller because this mick let wetbacks sit on his bunk. Ah... memory lane, where's my shank? Call me Che, K?

That's progress - an active social dynamic - I can't help but see it as an experiment in cultural evolution (natural born mathematician, Johnny is it's all science ) Rather than crime and punishment, I see it as civilization and exile; but there is no "crime" that makes one unhuman, and I think we'll all be better off, the more people realize that.