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minus-squareVarpeggio@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up20·8 hours agoAnd to feed the prison industrial complex, of course.
minus-squareWoodScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoI see it as a direct continuation of: Slavery->Sharecropping and Jim Crow->mass incarceration Slavery never ended. The name just changed to be more polite, with a fig leaf of freedom and free will. Additionally we realized two things: It’s more economical to hold slaves in large central facilities than dispersed. The best way to fight abolitionism is to convince the populace that the slaves deserve it.
minus-squarePeacepath@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 hours agoworkers at the charge of public expenses, working for the benefits of private companies 😍
minus-squarePeacepath@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoDon’t worry, it can’t become true… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_labor_in_the_United_States
minus-squareCADmonkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 hours agoYup they wanted to get “those people” off the streets.
And to feed the prison industrial complex, of course.
I see it as a direct continuation of:
Slavery->Sharecropping and Jim Crow->mass incarceration
Slavery never ended. The name just changed to be more polite, with a fig leaf of freedom and free will. Additionally we realized two things:
It’s more economical to hold slaves in large central facilities than dispersed.
The best way to fight abolitionism is to convince the populace that the slaves deserve it.
workers at the charge of public expenses, working for the benefits of private companies 😍
Ugh, that’s dystopian.
Don’t worry, it can’t become true…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_labor_in_the_United_States
Yup they wanted to get “those people” off the streets.