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Fascism is an American tradition ๐Ÿ”ฅ (lemmy.ml)
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As of 2026, the U.S. justice system handles around 5.5 million people, with roughly 1.9 million behind bars, 2.9 million on probation, and over 800,000 on parole.

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[โ€“] 80 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Reminder that slavery is still legal in the US, if theworker is incarcerated.

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  • [โ€“] 16 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

    They are not called workers, then.

    They are called slaves, then.

    Workers are part of the proletariat.

    Slaves are part of the slave class which in the US is reflected in the carceral state as you have pointed out.

    But call them slaves as that is what they are. We have taken their identity. And we have taken their rights. And we sell them into work. We do no favors calling prisoners anything but slaves because they have been erased institutionally.

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 4 months ago

    Not every state has the ability to force labor (generally per their state constitutions), if I remember a conversation I had years ago with my dad who was a judge. Just they tend to structure their prison sentencing and early release programs such that you're trading years more of your life if you don't "voluntarily" cooperate. So you know, tomato tomato.

    It's one of the bigger problems my state has, its reliance on its prisoner-slave workforce for vital services.

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