(FYI - the article that the guy is replying to is misinformation. Two commenters have provided snopes links for anyone curious.)

  • potatopotato
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    3 days ago

    The implication is they’re farm labor camps, so less living with nature and more picking cotton in the sun all day.

    • Fuck spez
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      3 days ago

      Yes but slaves who pick cotton learn valuable, marketable skills!

      (big fuckin /s just in case)

      • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml
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        3 days ago

        Like the prison slaves who fight fires in California but are denied firefighting jobs once they are released?

        I saw your sarcasm tag but I just couldn’t help myself.

    • Maggoty@lemmy.world
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      Less picking cotton all day and more fruits and grapes. Or other crops that are still tended by hand, generally by undocumented immigrants.