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Who’s calling? Oklahoma prison inmates were making political calls for a conservative super PAC during the primary (www.kgou.org)
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Oklahoma prison inmates are working in call centers placing political calls and insurance telemarketing on behalf of outside companies, earning $2 an hour while a Virginia super PAC paid nearly $600,000 to the vendor for calls supporting conservative candidates — including calls made during Oklahoma's primary election season.

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[–] [S] 2 points 2 months ago

Corruption

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    [–] 37 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Reminiscent of slaves fighting for the Confederacy.

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  • [–] [S] 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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    • [–] 25 points 2 months ago

    It's their vision for the future of labor that conservatives are jacking off to.

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    [–] 20 points 2 months ago

    Slave labour is their whole brand.

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    [–] 14 points 2 months ago

    By force no doubt

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    [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    Guess Trump is going to have to tariff Oklahoma.

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    [–] 4 points 2 months ago*

    Don't worry, we won't have to use slaves for this much longer. Soon we'll be able to automate this with AI

    - Some tech bro startup, probably /s

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    [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    That would be cool if they were able to organize and call for a progressive that would work on prison reform.

    Oh, but this is just slavery

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    [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Well now anytime someone calls me to tall politics Im going to remind them that I get to sleep at home tonight.

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