Excellent tale. We'll have more choices to isolate deviant elements of society in space. The problem is that the system can be corrupted for power and profit, as you suggest.
I feel that right now we're experimenting with the opposite approach to crime by letting criminals roam freely among us without consequences for their destructive behaviours. I can tell you that it's not going well for us and them.
Another approach that might appear in the future is to alter problematic behaviors at the neural level, so the deviant elements can be reintegrated into the social matrix by means of brain alteration. Another can of worms, I'm sure, but social cohesion is a fragile thing; it can only take enough pressure before entropy takes over and destroys it.
A grim and great tale.
What to do with the bad guys? Has this question not followed us through history? This story was an exercise, but I don't have an answer. As you suggest,
Just one of the problems. I think the first problem will be defining who the bad guys are.
In England they used to hang people for stealing a pewter spoon.
Then, we have the problem (in the U.S.) of an unreliable justice system. The courts are notoriously weighted against the accused,who, lacking resources for defense, often are punished though not guilty.
Actually identifying, with 100% certainty, the true evildoers, and dispatching them to space, might not be a terrible idea. Beats the death penalty. Of course, people should always be given the option of death over banishment. This would of course be more economical 😄
Thank you!! My son didn't like it, but I published anyway. My husband liked it so this was a split decision and I was the tiebreaker.
I know you've been traveling. That's great. Those days are over for me, but there are few experiences more enriching than travel.
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Our ancestors had some quirky behaviors that ironically would now be considered crimes.
Absolutely!
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