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Ann M. Lipton

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Another way to phrase it would be corporate america never really quit slave labor

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Dickardo O'Johnson's avatar Dickardo O'Johnson @dickardo.bsky.social
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People on the frontline fighting forest fires in the west are also prisoners So the CEOs make money off the labor, bulldoze forests to build houses then throw inmates at nature to save their homes from the consequences of climate change & inmates arent allowed to continue firefighting when released.

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Clint's avatar Clint @eaglepursuit.bsky.social
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Your average CEO is very little different than your average 19th century slave owner

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Minuit's avatar Minuit @zoroark.ca
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The fucked up part if i recall correctly is that there is a part of the anti slavery section of the american constitution that bans slavery EXCEPT as a form of legal punishment and you know damn well that was gonna get abused.

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Mo's avatar Mo @moinqueens.bsky.social
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neither have the southern states

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Aaron Bourque's avatar Aaron Bourque @afbourque.bsky.social
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Forced labor sure sounds like a more complicated way of saying slave labor...

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Ann M. Lipton's avatar Ann M. Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social
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I've said it before: unions really need to get on this

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The Almighty Tallest 's avatar The Almighty Tallest @spooknine.bsky.social
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In fairness, neither did the public sector

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Michael, from the internet™ 🌲🏴's avatar Michael, from the internet™ 🌲🏴 @champl.in
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“Forced labor” has “officer-involved shooting” energy

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