[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Originally Posted by Kamilah Hauptmann

Oh oh oh! I read Ari's post before dinner and ruminated a reply but most of the points have been addressed and I'm on my phone so:

Cycles of abuse. I don't mean narcissists and psychopaths, I mean a patriarchal cycle of father knows best, spare the rod and spoil the child.

There's a generational, and in the USA it's rooted in the puritanical, consensus that "crime" must meet punishment. What I see is a justice system and sense of justice so twisted by this, that restitution, rehabilitation, and reintegration are less important than revenge and erasure.

Since it's woven into the culture, enough people rely on abusive cycles for their identity and/or their power. And in the anglosphere in general, there's currently enough people who just won't put up with the shit anymore, which is deeply threatening to an abuser's identity and power.