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"The concern with slavery is the innocence of victim. When that’s removed, it’s no longer controversial. At least it shouldn’t be."(news.ycombinator.com)

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V0ldek@awful.systems
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This guy is complaining about this while living in LA?

Isn’t prison slavery already legal in the USA??

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Isn’t prison slavery already legal in the USA??

it is that (the thirteenth amendment carves out an exception specifically for prison labour), and it’s literally the operational model for a significant fraction of US prisons aiui

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