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I like how we instinctively turn to slavery when there's a grand project that becomes vital.
by lyxsus1 7y ago
I like how we instinctively turn to slavery when there's a grand project that becomes vital.
- Aeolun 7y agoAll the grand projects of the past few centuries were based on it. Why change a winning strategy?
- lyxsus1 7y agoWell, we have better means for automation now. But I'm just fascinated how quickly that solution pops up in such discussions as soon as it's convenient.
- lamarpye 7y agoI like how we instinctively characterize prisoners as slaves. Seems like it trivializes actual slavery, but I have been out of school for awhile, so the conventional wisdom is probably different now.
- lyxsus1 7y agoIf you don't see labour camps as a form of modern slavery, then I'm genuinely asking you to provide the definition you've learned back at school.
- jessriedel 7y agoTraditionally, prison labor is considered distinct from slavery for the same reason that prison is considered distinct from kidnapping and forced confinement: that it reflects just punishment for which someone is duly convicted. Whether that actually applies to most people in prison today is certainly up for debate, but to tell you'd mostly need to look at the judicial system (or society at large), not at the work camp.
- Invictus0 7y agoInmates already volunteer to do forestry work including firefighting. This has been going on for decades and isn't all that controversial. Expanding to planting trees shouldn't be too difficult. https://www.npr.org/2018/11/18/669088658/serving-time-and-fighting-california-wildfires-for-2-a-day https://www.npr.org/2018/11/18/669088658/serving-time-and-fi...