This is slavery under Neo-Liberalism
this post was submitted on 06 Feb 2026
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That was hard to watch. Jesus christ. This damn country is so fucked up.
Driving Uber, I hear so many stories like this. For example, I never knew you paid for this "privilege," and apparently you PAY TO BE ON PROBATION!? Among so much other insane bullshit.
Even more insane is prisoners (and their families) end up paying for their incarceration. When you consider that 40% of African American men are under some form of penal supervision, this goes a long way to explain why so many seem to be in a perpetual state of poverty.
when i was in my early 20's i had a friend who was on house-arrest. She unknowingly convinced me that if i ever found myself in her situation just to do the time instead of aiming for a house arrest plea-deal for similar reasons.
Lol I paid $5000 for a plea deal, along every step of the way I've confirmed with my lawyer and judge that I can just pay my way out
Alabama and slavery...
Slavery
Yeah the government they have is no anomaly.
The formerly enslaved people willing to speak out and use their names on camera for this doco are incredibly brave. They are going to be targeted for this, and they know it. The system does not want to stop making money, and it will do anything to protect the cashflow.
Anyone have any resources to get more involved to fight against this?
And coincidentally, there will be a call to "crack down" on smaller crimes, make it easier to do time.
Found this bad boi a while back and applied personal boycotts. Assume that it's still accurate after five years but haven't found an updated version. Prison labour is slave labour by another name.
This country is so fucked. We haven't updated the Constitution since the 18th century and even has slavery in its wording ffs.
So if they can get rid of all the brown minorities, then there won't be anyone to protest against re-enslavement of black people! So it will be a white world again!
With concubines, slaves, torture, murder, abuse of women!
My wife did not get her ballot for this election! WTF! We've been voting for many years by mail.