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California enslaves 400 prisoners to fight wildfires. (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] SoftTeeth@lemmy.world 23 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

Slavery should be abolished.

This shouldn't be a controversial beleif in 2025.

[–] bobs_guns@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

There was a proposition to abolish it very recently in California that was rejected by the voters. Commiefornia my balls

[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 6 hours ago

Fuck I was so disappointed and ashamed reading that in the election results

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 hours ago

It is for a lot of people below for some reason.