I've regularly thought about this for other jobs too. Often you think about, discuss, and problem solve for your job outside of working hours and that is not reflected in hourly wages.

And the number of things defined as crime has expanded drastically over the past decades. I work with kids who get cited or arrested for school fights and taking a parent's car without permission among others

And prison was not created for people in power. That's why corporate laws often involve fines, rather than incarceration

The point of Black Mirror is we shouldn't do the things in the show!

All media must now include a moment like in the most recent Frankenstein where they look directly at the doctor and say "You're the real monster" so the tech bros understand it

Will definitely give this a read. Seems like it mirrors my thoughts when reading The Wretched of the Earth. Understanding a colonial regime so deeply opened my eyes to the same dynamics at play in the US with our prison system, but also with residential segregation and other enforced divides