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> The practice peaked around 1880, was formally outlawed by the last state (Alabama) in 1928, and persisted in various forms until it was abolished by President
by Alupis 6y ago
> The practice peaked around 1880, was formally outlawed by the last state (Alabama) in 1928, and persisted in various forms until it was abolished by President Franklin D. Roosevelt via Francis Biddle's "Circular 3591" of December 12, 1941.
You use something that was ended (because people thought it was wrong!) nearly a century ago as supporting evidence for what exactly?
- arentyouspecial 6y agoIt wouldn’t be like paying prisoners literal pennies is a way of getting around the law that made convict leasing illegal.
- Alupis 6y agoConvict Leasing is different, and people felt strongly enough that it was bad that the laws were changed (nearly 100 years ago!). Now the prisoners can get paid some wages in return for labor, in a mostly voluntary labor system. Unlike the CCP, every inmate had a trial and was found guilty of some crime, and is now repaying their debt to society - as it were. What did the million Muslims in the article get convicted of in China? Being Muslims? What about the Uyghurs? So now they are slaves for the rest of their lives...
- arentyouspecial 6y agoYes we all know how fair and just the American criminal system is and paying pennies is vastly different than paying nothing.
- darig 6y agoUnlike the fairy tales you play in your head to convince yourself you're not a racist, many US inmates were wrongly accused and convicted - as it were. Society incentivizes the justice system to target the defenseless for victimless "crimes" so that they may demand restitution while reaffirming their baseless moral superiority. You are their poster boy. Why?