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[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 71 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is how Trump will defend recreating slavery adjacent to the prison system slavery.

He will claim there is no choice.

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 56 points 2 days ago (2 children)

will?

it already happened.

he said he'll exempt some industries from ice raids. those who work well be even more desperate, and the bosses will be able to call ICE to kidnap whichever worker isn't performing as desired. under those conditions it might as well be slavery without the actual ownership.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 31 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What a hellish nightmare of a country.

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

remember reading an national geographic article about modern slavery.

it focused in Dubai construction, Israel sex trade (kidnappings), and US farms.

it was really depressing.

found the article but it's not online, "21st-Century Slaves" September 2003 Andrew Cockburn.

https://www.npr.org/2003/08/27/1408233/slavery-in-the-21st-century

[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Nah he all ready changed his mind on that. The dude has dementia.

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

is it dementia? or was he always that stupid

Combination of the two