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I'm convinced slavery will be reintroduced before 2028

• immibis 10mo ago
  Slavery has never been illegal in the US. The 13th amendment leaves slavery legal as punishment for a crime. The US has the highest rate of crime punishment in the world (higher than places like North Korea), an industry that profits by selling slave labour of those punished criminals, and known ties between those who profit from selling slave labour and those who decide how many things should be crimes.
  • mrguyorama 10mo ago
    Oh also this isn't some quiet conspiracy or anything because the Union of correctional facility officers will openly say that things like legalizing recreational marijuana will hurt them, so they oppose it. Same with cops. They also oppose removing things like three strikes laws that haven't done a damn thing to make our country "safer" or better.
• 3D30497420 10mo ago
  It never fully went away: • https://www.hcn.org/articles/agriculture-farmers-turn-to-prisons-labor-to-fill-labor-needs/ https://www.hcn.org/articles/agriculture-farmers-turn-to-pri... • https://www.law.georgetown.edu/environmental-law-review/blog/fighting-more-than-fires-californias-inmate-firefighting-system-needs-reform/ https://www.law.georgetown.edu/environmental-law-review/blog...
• PeterStuer 10mo ago
  It's not a slave if you just rent them from the cartels. /s
• Ekaros 10mo ago
  Fully enshrined in the constitution with massive support for the document. Just need to imprison them for something first.
• _yb2s 10mo ago
  I know you’re joking, but grievance over the loss of slavery after the civil war is privately one of the major drivers behind Trumps extremely loyal core supporters.