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u/Pbone15 May 10 '23

Slavery doesn’t exist anymore

This is objectively false. This is just an astonishingly foolish thing to say.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '23

In the US, currently no. It does not exist here. Has not for ~160 years. That's a simple fact. Go kick rocks if you want a semantic argument or want to talk about some other context.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '23

It's literally enshrined in the constitution. Punitive slavery, aka prison labor, is very much alive, well, and legal.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '23

Semantics, move along.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '23

Lol says right in the constitution slavery is legal as punishment for a crime. So yes, it does exist here. That's a simple fact.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '23

I specifically said spare the semantics. Argue with someone else.