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Once again the prison exemption is completely forgotten about in a discussion of slavery.
by dvtrn 5y ago
Once again the prison exemption is completely forgotten about in a discussion of slavery.
- t-3 5y agoIt's not forgotten, just conveniently ignored. Criminals are not afforded human status to many people, which makes political and racial criminilization such a valuable tool for government (ie. Nixon, Kissinger et al for a clear expression of this mentality).
- dvtrn 5y agoIt's not forgotten, just conveniently ignored. It was with a balled up fist, covered up in a velvet glove that I described the phenomenon as "forgotten" because you're completely correct with this, IMO. It absolutely does get flatly ignored for convenient (but nonetheless ethically atrocious) politicization of criminality.