Slavery doesn’t have anything to do with compensation. Slavery is about the absence of choice.
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dingus@lemmy.world 5 months agoI’m not at all excusing it, but don’t prisoners technically get paid for their work? It’s just some horrifically pathetic wage like $0.50/hr or something like that.
AnxiousOtter@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Whippygoatcream@reddthat.com 5 months ago
You are not wrong
anzo@programming.dev 5 months ago
Worker’s rights, unions, and the choice to quit…
themoken@startrek.website 5 months ago
Earning a pittance doesn’t mean they’re not slaves. They’re slaves because they can’t quit. Prisoners have basically zero agency in their lives.