Typical Americans. They don’t even know slavery is still legal. No wonder nothing changes.
Okay, but, also?
Those migrant workers are so superexploited that they were considered cheaper before anti-imigration policies made them too scarce.
Slavery was here the whole time.
It’s been that way since the Civil War ended. It was always part of the plan.
Slavery is legal in the States. They just need to put you in a prison first.
Which is why mandatory minimums exist.
In the immortal words of Killer Mike, that’s why they givin’ offenders time in double digits.
Pro NRA Killer Mike? Pro Cop City Killer Mike? That “Killer” Mike?
All research and successful drug policy SHOWS that treatment should be increased! And law enforcement decreased while abolishing Mandatory Minimum Sentences!
They’re tryin to build a prison…
A dictatorship’s paradise
What happens if you refuse to work? Are they allowed to punish you in any way?
Yes. They cut you off from all human contact. Feed you the most bland food in a bar form literally called nutrabars. Lights are kept on 24 hours a day and you’re left in that place for as long as you refuse to work. Solitary confinement is no longer legal in most places but luckily restricted housing, segregated housing, and special or intensive management are the exact same thing but are completely legal still.
Oh you want to see other people and get fresh air? Guess you’re willing to work now?
A thing to note about those kinds of practices. They quite literally give you brain damage. Humans require socialization, they require a day night cycle, they require stimulation. To not have those things will fuck you up, and even if you do eventually get out it will mean that your ability to reintegrate into society is severely damaged. It means you have a higher chance of recidivism.
The cruelty is the point
Absolutely
In addition to what the other guy said, the parole board also looks upon it unfavorably. You don’t want to be a slave? Well then, for your “bad attitude” and “lack of rehabilitation,” get ready to serve your whole sentence instead of only half of it.
They’re allowed to do whatever their shareholders let them get away with.
Slavery never went away. It just became more profitable.
And sadly, it’s perfectly legal according to the 13th Amendment.
The last rational thing Kanye said before his handlers gassed him into full incoherence.
Imagine thinking that Nazi was the first person to think this, and to laude it as some prophetic thought. God damn, dude.
Whatchu think wage labor is? Companies lease you for your labor, and can nullify the contract agreement (i.e. fire you) at will. If you work for a wage, you’re a wage slave.
Slaves can’t end their own contract at will.
You people will never understand the difference.
On the one hand, yes, I can see your point.
On the other hand, let’s not minimize American prison slavery by saying “we’re all slaves”. If you strain the definition you can argue all workers under capitalism are enslaved, but even then, some forms of slavery are far more brutal and dehumanizing (and racist. Let’s not forget racist) than others.
Yeah, especially since the majority of imprisoned people tend to be non-white (this is an issue with our justice system, I’m absolutely not saying non-whites do more crime, only they’re convicted far more often due to a racist system. A great many are innocent.) this will turn into 1 to 1 a facsimile of slavery from yesteryear. Bunch of white landowners leasing cheap labor (suspiciously predominantly non-white) from people who have no other legal options. Gross.
