• @AA5B
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    53 hours ago

    Yep, we know those workers have a choice of employers and get at least minimum wage, regular increases for merit, regular holidays and personal days, the right to organize, and an assortment of benefits. Their pay is commensurate with anyone doing similar jobs, right? There’s no way that’s space labor

    • @LovableSidekick
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      -52 hours ago

      Correct, prison labor is a form of involuntary servitude the 13th Amendment explicitly doesn’t apply to. Bear in mind, all this time I haven’t even argued in favor of prison labor. I’m saying calling it slavery is inappropriate, no matter how passionate you are about it.

      • @spongebue
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        31 hour ago

        It can be called slavery while still being permissible under the constitution. It’s not illegal slavery, just like pre-civil war slavery in the south wasn’t illegal… But it’s still slavery.

      • @[email protected]
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        1 hour ago

        “It’s not slavery, its involuntary servitude.”

        This guys is either trolling or dumb as a bag of dumb cunts