{"quotes":[{"text":"I began to notice something strange about the nature of incarceration; in particular, its imposition on the minds and bodies of the imprisoned, promoting a number of inmates to take personal responsibility for a system of failure beyond their control—a system built on hiding in plain sight the institutional, historical, and material limits of personal choice….Taking on the failures of a system without critically examining the limits of personal choice often led a number of cellmates to conflate their sense of responsibility with issues beyond their control.--Kalaniopua Young, “From a Native Trans Daughter.","author":"Eric Stanley","tags":["jail","personal-responsibility","prison","systemic-failure","systemic-racism"],"id":61654,"author_id":"Eric+Stanley"},{"text":"I have been through the OSHA system twice and I can confirm that I did not have the right to a safe workplace or whistle-blower protection on either occasion.","author":"Steven Magee","tags":["altitude","astrobiology","astronomical","astronomy","astrophysics","blower","confirm","electric","electrical","electricidad","electricity","health","kea","mauna","mountain","mountaintop","occasion","osha","protection","retaliation","right","rights","rights-of-man","safe","safe-place","safety","solar","solar-energy","solar-power","solar-pv","solar-system","solar-systems","system","systemic-failure","telescope","telescopes","twice","whistle","whistle-blower","whistleblower","worker","worker-rights","workers","workplace","workplace-politics"],"id":304055,"author_id":"Steven+Magee"},{"text":"Good deeds must be rewarded by the system and crimes be punished - this is the essence of meritocracy.","author":"Imran Khan","tags":["deeds","good","systemic-failure"],"id":356549,"author_id":"Imran+Khan"},{"text":"Until the police internal affairs system starts prosecuting and firing a substantial number of corrupt and incompetent police officers, I will not be lighting it up blue!","author":"Steven Magee","tags":["affairs","blue","corrupt","corrupt-leaders","corrupt-politics","corrupted","corruption","corruption-politics","corruption","fire","firing","firing-employees","incompetent","internal","light","lighting","number","officer","officers","police","police-brutality","police-corruption","police-officer","police-reform","police-service","police-state","policeman","policemen","prosecuting","sheriff","starts","substantial","system","systemic-failure","systemic-racism","until","up"],"id":361005,"author_id":"Steven+Magee"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":4,"pages":1}}