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[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 42 points 1 day ago (2 children)

'abolished slavery' my ass

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Well they specifically didn't for inmates

[–] Crikeste@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Slavery is legal as a punishment, and America has 25% of the world’s incarcerated people.

We used to have laws requiring products made by American slaves to state such, but those have since been gutted or loopholed through 3rd parties.

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 19 hours ago

That's why I said that. People always like to talk about slavery in past tense when it still exists in pretty much any corner of the world.