The Convict Leasing Forced Labor System

https://lemmy.ml/post/17792504

The Convict Leasing Forced Labor System - Lemmy

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/11237867 [https://slrpnk.net/post/11237867]

The 13th amendment specifically allows slavery when incarcerated.
Doesn’t mean you’re not an asshole if you are pro-slavery

Doesn’t mean you’re not an asshole if you are pro-slavery

Someone disagreed with this enough to downvote it. Someone alive in 2024. Edit: Now 2!

It could mean they think it’s irrelevant or doesn’t add to discussion, which i could honestly see being the case.
It’s no less relevant than the comment it was in reply to.
This is absolutely true. And, despite being a pacifist, I just say that the only thing that slavers deserve is a free, shallow, public latrine.