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Other States Banned Forced Prison Labor. Why Didn’t California? (truthout.org)

submitted 10 months ago by Garibaldee@lemm.ee to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 19 points 10 months ago

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 14 points 10 months ago

Spoiler: Piles and Piles of Money

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 10 points 10 months ago

I don’t think the journalist even made a serious attempt at answering the question that the copy editor injected into the headline.

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 8 points 10 months ago

Racist and fascist cruelty.

Maybe it's lib of me, but that was the only real big shocker of election night to me. I really didn't expect that. That state deserves to plunge into the Pacific to put out its apocalyptic fires.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago

Eric Adams loves this one simple trick

[–] That_Devil_Girl@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago

The people may be liberal, but the politicians are not. They like to pretend to be, but we have no left wing party in the US. We have a right wing party that's oligarch in nature, and another right wing party that theocratic in nature.

[–] sooper_dooper_roofer@hexbear.net 3 points 10 months ago

because california is a progressive state--it lives in the future

[–] prole@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Couldn't find it in the article... Anyone have a list of states that have banned it handy?

[–] Garibaldee@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

I don't see one readily available, I know Colorado banned it off the top of my head

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_labor_in_the_United_States

this provides some additional context, but also not a complete list

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Is this a rhetorical question?