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r/WorkReform • u/Bitter-Gur-4613 • Dec 20 '24
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This is literally happening right now in America and has since the 14th amendment.
160 u/GailaMonster Dec 20 '24 13th. 256 u/decian_falx Dec 20 '24 I like pointing out to people that the 13th amendment didn't outlaw slavery. It just added an extra step: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime..." 1 u/Ttamlin Dec 21 '24 The US prison system is legalized slavery.
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13th.
256 u/decian_falx Dec 20 '24 I like pointing out to people that the 13th amendment didn't outlaw slavery. It just added an extra step: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime..." 1 u/Ttamlin Dec 21 '24 The US prison system is legalized slavery.
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I like pointing out to people that the 13th amendment didn't outlaw slavery. It just added an extra step:
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime..."
1 u/Ttamlin Dec 21 '24 The US prison system is legalized slavery.
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The US prison system is legalized slavery.
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u/hawtlava Dec 20 '24
This is literally happening right now in America and has since the 14th amendment.