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VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 7 days ago

It's never been about helping people

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It's never been about helping people

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VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 7 days ago
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    You mean the crime is punished with enslavement.

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        Louisiana State Penitentiary, aka Angola, was a state owned and operated plantation with over 600 slaves before the Civil War. It never stopped operation, only changed how the slave labor was acquired.

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      As the thirteenth amendment specifically allows.

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  • All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
  • Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
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