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minus-squareRowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·12 days agoIf you are being detained and forced to work you are a slave.
minus-squareMagister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·12 days agoand it looks like it’s perfectly legal in USA
minus-squareRowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·12 days agoYes, it is. There are prisons that “loan” “workers” to companies.
minus-squarejackeryjoo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·12 days agoIt’s constitutional. Read the 13th amendment. Abolished slavery, except if you’re incarcerated.
minus-squarewirebeads@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·12 days agoAmerica has always been a racist, fascist dictatorship state. It’s just allowed to finally show its true colours. It’s an unsafe place to be. As a Canadian I will no longer ever set foot in the country as I don’t feel safe for myself or family. Other countries are warning about avoiding travel to the US. I wholeheartedly agree with that sentiment. I said months ago there won’t be an America by the time Trumps done. I still stand by that statement. America is fucked short term and will be destroyed long term, most likely from eating itself. #project2025
If you are being detained and forced to work you are a slave.
and it looks like it’s perfectly legal in USA
Yes, it is. There are prisons that “loan” “workers” to companies.
It’s constitutional. Read the 13th amendment. Abolished slavery, except if you’re incarcerated.
America has always been a racist, fascist dictatorship state. It’s just allowed to finally show its true colours.
It’s an unsafe place to be. As a Canadian I will no longer ever set foot in the country as I don’t feel safe for myself or family.
Other countries are warning about avoiding travel to the US. I wholeheartedly agree with that sentiment.
I said months ago there won’t be an America by the time Trumps done. I still stand by that statement.
America is fucked short term and will be destroyed long term, most likely from eating itself.
#project2025