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[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Ow wow he guardian using a real headline.

Edit: nevermind OP had to change the propaganda.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 13 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Yikes, seeing people come out of the woodworks to defend slavery...

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Person from Star Trek instance defending slavery is epsecially baffling, could be Gul Dukat alt account.

[–] randomuser38529@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Founders enter the chat

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world -1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

So I think enslaves is a bit much here.

This is a voluntary program, and I'm not getting the impression it's the do this or we punish you voluntary either.

Meanwhile there are actual prisons that will force labor or severely punish you for refusing. That's enslaved.

It's also possible that the fire fighting is voluntary, but if not this, it would have been other mandatory slave work.

Yes there are slaves in prison, I'm just not entirely sure this specific circumstance is it. They are getting slaves wages though.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

America incarcerates people for a ridiculous time and then lets them 'voluntarily work to shorten their sentence'. It's slavery with a little semantics.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world -3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

As long as it's not forced (truly voluntary with no punishment) it's still not enslaving them.

I'm not saying it's good, but the title has an agenda.

[–] DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

What do you think about indentured servitude being called slavery?

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 0 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

I agree that's slavery.

There is slavery in the US prison system as well.

These prisoners are supposedly doing this specific job voluntarily, with pay. That is not indentured servitude.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Voluntarily risking their life for 5 to 10 bucks a day. Suuure.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

If you'd like to provide any proof that these fire fighters are not doing this voluntarily and are coerced into it with some sort of punishment if not, please go ahead and provide it. Specifically this job, not others.

Also, you do realize that many fire fighters across the world are voluntary, in some cases the entire fire department is voluntary. People do risk their lives for this job for free.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 hours ago

And slaves voluntarily worked on the cotton fields. Great trolling.

[–] SoftTeeth@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Slavery should be abolished.

This shouldn't be a controversial beleif in 2025.

[–] bobs_guns@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

There was a proposition to abolish it very recently in California that was rejected by the voters. Commiefornia my balls

[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 19 hours ago

Fuck I was so disappointed and ashamed reading that in the election results

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 13 points 23 hours ago

It is for a lot of people below for some reason.

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[–] Nojustice@lemmy.ml 25 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Lmfao at the absolutely classic .world responses in this thread. "Slavery is good actually". You guys play your role too a T.

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 7 points 19 hours ago

The ones in California are probably so glad they just voted in November to keep these prisoners enslaved.

Everyone who voted for that in LA deserves their home to burn, but I feel for all the working class casualties and people who were already homeless.

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