Gebraheel (Any/All) @gebraheel.bsky.social

Lots of stuff uses prison labor.
Hell, Tyson (the chicken nugget people) uses prison labor for the explicit purpose of reducing overhead.
A lot of stuff in the US is made with it.
This article has a link re: how much overall exploitation goes on.

www.themarshallproject.org/2024/02/03/f...

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Gladstone in DC @district.blue [ View ] Apr 28, 2024 at 21:29 UTC

The thing is either folks who like capitalism (yes me so biased) have to reckon with is: 1. Either capitalism *requires* slave/prison labor to work 2. Or it works just fine without it and we should ban it I am on team #2. Back in the 1800s there was a lot of discourse around "free labor" winning/1

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Lauren McKenzie [free 🇵🇸] @themckenziest.gay [ View ] Apr 28, 2024 at 21:09 UTC

Thanks for sharing! 💜 it’s vile what prison labor is used for

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mccann @triggercut.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 29, 2024 at 01:39 UTC

Thank you.

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