Though they make at least $7.25 an hour, the state siphons 40 percent off the top of all wages and also levies fees, including $5 a day for rides to their jobs and $15 a month for laundry

  • @T00l_shed
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    4114 days ago

    The 13th amendment says that slavery abolished eh? Sure isn’t.

    • @[email protected]
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      The text of the 13th amendment:

      Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

      Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

      It allows for slavery for convicted people. You may be interested in this video

      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j4kI2h3iotA (neoslavery by knowing better)

      • @T00l_shed
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        1814 days ago

        Oh I know. It’s fucking awful. Slavery is state sanctioned.

        • The Quuuuuill
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          1114 days ago

          Frederick Douglass’ writing on poverty being enforced continues to be super relevant