• Azdalen@beehaw.org
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    18 hours ago

    Looks like Nathan just found out that, yes, US Prisons are indeed one of the former remnants of U.S. slavery…

    • Crikeste@lemm.ee
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      18 hours ago

      They aren’t a remnant. The constitution explicitly states that slavery is ALLOWED AS A PUNISHMENT.

      What country has the most prisoners again? 🤔

      • Maeve@midwest.social
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        4 hours ago

        That’s probably why we criminalize more and more symptoms of desperation, simultaneously creating more conditions of despair, tbh.