> We are going to look back on this in a 100 years with the same disdain we look back on slavery.

We can only hope, but why only in 100 years when 'we' - the people in this thread and a lot of others - already look at it with disdain.

But there's others - lawmakers, the private prison industry, etc - who think this is just fine and dandy, because it fills their pockets and is a legal avenue into a slave labor force (prison labor). It's in their interest to get people in jail.