For the record, just in case it wasn’t blatantly obvious: I am AGAINST slavery

  • ch00f@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    No like…it’s literally in the Constitution.

    Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

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      1 year ago

      How long was slavery still around after the Constitution was ratified?

      Oh that’s right 77 years.

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          1 year ago

          Where in the Constitution does it say wage slavery is illegal?

          I’m not physically forced to work but if I stop making money for even a short period of time I’m at risk of losing everything. The modern age of America is wage slavery where we’re forced to work ridiculous hours just to be able to afford to barely survive. If that’s not modern slavery idk wtf is

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            1 year ago

            How about being imprisoned for a bullshit crime where you can be forced to work without pay as outlined in the 13th amendment?

            I’m not saying your life is peachy, just making the point that slavery as it existed 150 years ago hasn’t fully gone away.

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              1 year ago

              Yes I’m essentially a house slave. I don’t get beat because that would look bad. I just get the threat of starvation or imprisonment.