– The Gulag Ameripelago: US Incarceration Surpasses Russia’s (ZeroHedge, Dec 13, 2012):
Remember when Americans used to mock Russia (f/k/a the USSR) for being one big Gulag prison colony? Those were the good days. One thing is sure: they no longer “hate us for our freedom.” On the other hand, if instead of prison, one were to write in “minimum security, free room and board, out early for good behavior” (especially if the world’s most famous hedge fund will fund all your cash needs for the rest of your life on the ‘other side’ just as we predicted three weeks ago), then they would certainly hate us for our benefits.