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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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[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 0 points 15 hours ago

The thing about peonage is they kept people forever. That was the big problem. Putting a definitive end date on a sentence made it magically better. I agree that forced labor is slavery, I'm just referencing the dying gasp of the actual plantation system. While we should eliminate prison slave labor, it's also nowhere near what the peonage system was.

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 points 14 hours ago

Things being worse previously does not make what is now any better. Raise your standards.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

That's not the point there.

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