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A Boring Dystopia

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So all we need to do is find a way to put people in prison!

Win-win!

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[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 89 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Hey, they're lucky not to be used as slaves!

The 13th Amendment states: “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.”

Let's call for-profit prisons what they are - Plantations.

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 27 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

I always assume it's a European (or maybe Canadian) that makes posts like this. Last time I asked, I think they we're European - definitely not American.

But I really hope that Americans, at least, know that the right to enslave is enshrined in their constitution.

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 3 points 4 hours ago

Oh, a bunch of us know, but because of gerrymandering and the ignorance of the larger populace, there's not a goddamn thing we can do about it.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 5 points 6 hours ago

American here, been saying it's slavery for a while. Not all of us are clueless.