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[–] Z745812939054@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"until we reestablish old-school legit full blown slavery (which we will), we have to make do with debt slavery"

-oligarch fascists

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They don't want full slavery. Debt slavery is more cost effective. Why buy a depreciating asset?

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

also prison slavery, but i heard thats industry not doing so well, since people are going to prison less and less. also prison population declining hurts the gop in the long run, apparently use the population as part of the census.

[–] Z745812939054@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

the same reason they'll never ever ever go to a 4 day work week, or allow work from home, even though those things are proven to increase productivity-- maximum possible suffering