Official Debate #2: Prison Freedom

The idea is wonderful, but it can not be properly implemented without having a class system which is a system that is in direct opposition to the fundamental idea of equality.

People do submit to rule, it is what it is. We can understand from La Boetie's writings (The Discourse on Voluntary Servitude) that the people may even desire to be ruled, but the people must also be aware and consent to this ruling (social contract should ring a bell to anyone reading about the beginnings of US Govt). In a society where prison life is expanded into the general mass of society that consent is not going to be gained. Those who have the resources will forcefully implement the system and will maintain the system with force (police only having ability to defend without receiving the right from the people), A forcefully implemented system is not stable, we can see in recent years the happenings in the middle east. Governments are having issues due to forcefully attempting to apply ideas to the people without consent. An unstable government cannot be desired, the government must have a positive outlook for the next generation for it to remain approved by the people and not threatened with rebellion.

Understanding that sustaining the power a society like this would require is impossible determines if it should or shouldn't become. In this case it shouldn't. The lack of equality (class system != equality) threatens the right to life and liberty, the two things that are the most important.