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Looking at the history of slavery and prison labour in the US, I'm not sure I share your optimism. Many new (and victimless) crimes were introduced after slaver
by elric 6y ago
Looking at the history of slavery and prison labour in the US, I'm not sure I share your optimism. Many new (and victimless) crimes were introduced after slavery was abolished, and slavery was never abolished in prisons. Locking someone up for "vagrancy" and then forcing them to work for you does sound an awful lot like slavery.
- neogodless 6y agoI'm not sure what you are disagreeing with. Prisons and prison labor existing because of racism is what you're arguing, and I didn't say anything to disagree with it. But root cause here is the same, assuming that laws against drug use are intended to catch more non-whites than whites.