It's relevant for most jobs. In America it's considered bad to hire a felon. It's really bad. IMO everyone deserves a second chance if they make the effort to better themselves. However, my in laws and parents do not agree with this. Once damned, you are damned forever.
Though I want to know about those who were former felons in the US and leave the country and pick up citizenship else where. I'd really like to hear those stories.
There's a profoundly messed up bit of thinking deep in the psyche of a lot of Americans behind this. I think, more or less, it has to do with the idea of America as a specific (and even ideal) instance of the Just World hypothesis -- that is, America as a place where one is more free than anywhere else (even perfectly free) to make their biggest dreams come true, or fall as deeply as their character flaws will take them.
Thus there are two kinds of people: the "Worthy" (good, honest, hardworking, smart), and "Those People" (lazy, dishonest, moochers, criminals).
In this narrative, Those People deserve a hard lot. Second chances? That's for Worthy people who just hit a spot of bad luck. Or people who can change, and given that Those People have deep character defects, what are the chances of that? The only thing that could possibly get them to change is harsh discipline and a hard life. Plus, why waste a decent job on one of Those People when there are so many Worthy who need a job and deserve it more?
Absolutely. It's the dark side in the belief in pure perfect meritocracy. If they are rich then they deserve it. If they are poor then they deserve it.
Though I want to know about those who were former felons in the US and leave the country and pick up citizenship else where. I'd really like to hear those stories.
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