alphanerd4@lemmy.worldM to US Authoritarianism@lemmy.world · 5 months agoWest Virginia white couple alleged to have kept five adopted black children 'locked in barn and used as slaves'lemmy.worldimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up116arrow-down1imageWest Virginia white couple alleged to have kept five adopted black children 'locked in barn and used as slaves'lemmy.worldalphanerd4@lemmy.worldM to US Authoritarianism@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoTime to reset the “it’s been X days since the last American slave was freed” counter.
minus-squarenadiaraven@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoIt’s literally never been reset. The 13th amendment gives an exception for slavery as punishment for a crime, so all you have to do is convict someone of a bullshit crime and then you’ve got yourself slave labor. It’s still legal. https://www.npr.org/2023/11/13/1210564359/slavery-prison-forced-labor-movement
minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoYup, and if you find yourself lacking slave driven profit, just pass another law, it’s not like the gerrymandered districts will be able to vote your guy out anyways.
Time to reset the “it’s been X days since the last American slave was freed” counter.
It’s literally never been reset. The 13th amendment gives an exception for slavery as punishment for a crime, so all you have to do is convict someone of a bullshit crime and then you’ve got yourself slave labor. It’s still legal. https://www.npr.org/2023/11/13/1210564359/slavery-prison-forced-labor-movement
Yup, and if you find yourself lacking slave driven profit, just pass another law, it’s not like the gerrymandered districts will be able to vote your guy out anyways.