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What is the police and prison dividend? It’s quite similar in concept to the peace dividend, the proposal that diverting money and resources away from the military-industrial complex to civilian uses can yield great economic and social benefits.

You may have heard that the world ‘Needs more Canada’, right? Many Canadians are not alone in the prevalent illusion about Canada as friendly, benevolent force for good on the world stage. Such patriotic daydreams usually feature vague appeals to peacekeeping, diplomacy, human rights, tiny Canadian flags sewn to backpacks and other such cliches. The stark reality of Canada’s role in the world capitalist economy, specializing in imperialist resource extraction, could not stand in greater contrast.

To the capitalist class, a crisis that isn’t used to enhance profits and power, is a crisis wasted. Restoration and reorganization through crisis is a fundamental principle of capitalism. The practice of disaster capitalism, where both natural and human-made disasters are used by the ruling classes to leverage anti-social, pro-corporate, profit-boosting agendas, has already been well documented.