This isn't far off from how Nordic prisons work.
This is VERY far from Nordic prisons.
For example, note that the proposal puts everyone into permanent solitary confinement and assumes that playing a MMORG in VR glasses is sufficient to satisfy all needs for human interaction.
Given this:
I am vaguely derisive because one doesn't spend too much time disproving claims that a rainbow-producing perpetuum mobile strapped to a unicorn will convert the entire world into a happy place
it seemed like you were scoffing at not punishing prisoners as opposed to scoffing at the VR; that's what I was addressing.
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