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0 pointstheshrike798mo ago0 comments

American prisoners are, if you look at it objectively, slaves.

They are forced to work for for-profit companies for minimal pay, which is deducted by their living expenses and basic amenities.

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adastra228mo ago

They are literal slaves. The 13th amendment of the constitution:

> 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.

Slavery is still legal in the United States of America.

thaumasiotes8mo ago

> They are literal slaves.

It's legal to enslave them, but in general it isn't true that they actually are enslaved.

js88mo ago

I downvoted you. Reason - I don't see/understand what argument are you making. It seems you're just stating the claim.

thaumasiotes8mo ago

I'm contradicting the claim. Prisoners aren't slaves. They could be enslaved, but they aren't. They are never sold into slavery and almost never compelled to do any work.

This is the opposite of being "literal slaves". They are literally not slaves.

...unless you believe that before the 17th century, everyone in the world was literally a slave? It was legal to enslave them too.

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adastra228mo ago

They are literal slaves. The 13th amendment of the constitution:

Slavery is still legal in the United States of America.

thaumasiotes8mo ago

> They are literal slaves.

It's legal to enslave them, but in general it isn't true that they actually are enslaved.

js88mo ago

I downvoted you. Reason - I don't see/understand what argument are you making. It seems you're just stating the claim.

thaumasiotes8mo ago

I'm contradicting the claim. Prisoners aren't slaves. They could be enslaved, but they aren't. They are never sold into slavery and almost never compelled to do any work.

This is the opposite of being "literal slaves". They are literally not slaves.

...unless you believe that before the 17th century, everyone in the world was literally a slave? It was legal to enslave them too.

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