eee@lemm.ee to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 2 years agoSlavery was abolished, so the rich are now trying to make economic oppression the equivalent of slavery.i.imgur.comimagemessage-square55linkfedilinkarrow-up1930
arrow-up1930imageSlavery was abolished, so the rich are now trying to make economic oppression the equivalent of slavery.i.imgur.comeee@lemm.ee to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square55linkfedilink
minus-squareHiddenLayer5@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·2 years agoReminder that slavery was never outright abolished in the US, the constitution explicitly allows slavery as punishment for a crime which is why private for-profit prisons are a thing in the US.
minus-squareohlaph@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 years agoWe need to abolish that and make prisons truly rehabilitation facilities.
Reminder that slavery was never outright abolished in the US, the constitution explicitly allows slavery as punishment for a crime which is why private for-profit prisons are a thing in the US.
We need to abolish that and make prisons truly rehabilitation facilities.