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> undocumented immigrants which function as disposable citizens I am afraid that is not a problem exclusive to the United States. Perhaps it is more prevalent
by otikik 1y ago
> undocumented immigrants which function as disposable citizens
I am afraid that is not a problem exclusive to the United States. Perhaps it is more prevalent there, I don't have the numbers, but it also happens in Europe. What we don't usually have is a "backdoor" for slavery in the form of penal labor enshrined in our Constitutions.
> I do not think there is an ethical way to challenge the American economy.
Supporting a negligent leader so that he gets elected can undermine it.
Not that I think that is ethical, either. But it is more "efficient", in terms of resources spent.
- aniviacat 1y ago> What we don't usually have is a "backdoor" for slavery in the form of penal labor enshrined in our Constitutions. I don't know if you meant to exclude this using the word "usually", but Germany has a backdoor for slavery in the form of penal labor enshrined in its constitution [1]. And it's not just enshrined in the constitution, it is actually active law [2]. [1] In the German constitution, Article 12 (3), it says: > Zwangsarbeit ist nur bei einer gerichtlich angeordneten Freiheitsentziehung zulässig. [2] In the StVollzG, Section 41 (1), it says: > Der Gefangene ist verpflichtet, eine ihm zugewiesene, seinen körperlichen Fähigkeiten angemessene Arbeit, arbeitstherapeutische oder sonstige Beschäftigung auszuüben, zu deren Verrichtung er auf Grund seines körperlichen Zustandes in der Lage ist.
- otikik 1y agoI meant “most European countries don’t”. I confess I didn’t know about Germany in particular.
- fijiaarone 1y agoLess than 0.0001% of economic output in the USA is performed by penal labor, mostly by non-incarcerated people (e.g. court mandated community service such as road cleanup as penalty for traffic violations).