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Well since the USA has brought back debtor prisons anyhow, I know someone that ought to be in one
Dude, what the fuck. How morally bankrupt is the US?
Think of the lowest point you can imagine and still have a functioning society. Realize there's at least a solid third that want to go lower than that.
Debtors prisons are still illegal and don't exist in the US. It's all explained in the article, but the issue is really that poor people have bad legal representation, local judges aren't all great, and private debt collection is out of control.
In the US, your creditors should generally only be able to garnish your wages up to legal maximums. You can't get prison sentences in civil trials.
Arrests are a last-resort way for a court to force someone to appear. The other jail time is basically contempt of court for failing to comply with court orders. These should probably exist in general, but they are likely misapplied for the above reasons in these cases.
Write to you representatives about the above stuff, not debtors prisons, since they won't know what you are talking about.
How is that constitutional?
EDIT: The U.S. government needs to be overthrown so bad 🤦
That article is about state governments. Overthrowing the federal government probably won't be the best course of action.
Overthrowing any state or local government would require taking on and overthrowing the feds by the nature of the hierarchy.