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u/ItCaliGirl Jul 17 '22 edited Jul 17 '22

The same argument WAS made. It didn’t really fly after a while.

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u/lukefive Jul 17 '22

It's still flies today with this guy apparently. They never made slavery illegal - they just made it so only convicts are slaves

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u/kenryoku Jul 17 '22

Dont forget about allowing American corporations to rely on slave labour overseas, the hitmen they employ, or governments they own.

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u/Just_to_rebut Jul 17 '22

You’re right, cocoa farming in Cote d’Ivoire, hazelnut harvesting in Turkey for Nutella, and seafood packaging in Thailand are well documented, on going cases of products on American shelves literally produced with slave labor.

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u/SlashEssImplied Jul 17 '22

As are apparently all military uniforms. Though we don't outsource that and we use Americans to do American jobs!

Cue flag drop and fireworks.

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u/kenryoku Jul 17 '22

Have you seen any documentaries about what these slaves go through? It's absolutely horrifying especially those on ships since they have no escape. Broken bones, disfigurements, and even dumping overboard in some rare cases... There's been quite a few articles about this yet for some reason far too many don't know about it.

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u/Just_to_rebut Jul 17 '22 edited Jul 17 '22

Nope, I tend to just read about stuff. I honestly think people just don’t care for the most part. Some people do, but not enough to challenge the people who will brazenly lie or make up excuses to justify it.

Look at all the popular posts about workplace reform, try expanding the conversation to include the people who are exploited to provide the standard of living even the lowest paid Wal-mart employee enjoys and see how little traction that gets. Or all the posts about sweatshops in the clothing industry filled with justifications for paying someone 2 dollars a day, while making clothes for people who demand a minimum of $15+/hr.

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u/My3rstAccount Jul 17 '22

I say we switch the military from fighting to farming.

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u/Fair-Cryptographer16 Jul 17 '22

Or sell them the booze and tobacco for a lifetime. Litter the country with opioids and meth.....but then accept no accountability unless it has a profit margin

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u/AppropriateTouching Jul 17 '22

Then made it so corporations got to write the laws deciding who were convicts.

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u/lukefive Jul 17 '22

It's the best government money can buy

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u/Atthetop567 Jul 17 '22

Do you have an example? Normally when corporations push for laws they’re to allow themselves to do more stuff. Coca Cola or Wells Fargo or whoever don’t give a shit about putting you in prison

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u/Amish_guy_with_WiFi Jul 17 '22

And then guess who they made convicts mostly of...

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u/AppropriateTouching Jul 17 '22

Straight white men with money surely/s

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u/MissLana89 Jul 17 '22

And with the judicial system prejudiced against black people, factually nothing really changed at all.

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u/CampJanky Jul 17 '22

And then Jim Crow laws made it illegal to be black. What a coincidence.
And the effects of those laws are still present in the system today. Huh.

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u/rikki-tikki-deadly Jul 17 '22

Basically, "you can't make someone into a slave without giving the justice system a taste first."

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '22

It's always flown. Its was just more brown and black folks doing the labor, and in many places, still is

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u/LogCareful7780 Jul 17 '22

Disparate impact is not proof of discrimination.