flyingsheep@lemmyhub.com to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTrump: Civil War didn't need to happen, could have been "negotiated"boingboing.netexternal-linkmessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up1457arrow-down130
arrow-up1427arrow-down1external-linkTrump: Civil War didn't need to happen, could have been "negotiated"boingboing.netflyingsheep@lemmyhub.com to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square127fedilink
minus-squareMammothmothmanlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down11·1 year agoLol they just redefined the terms of slavery. Slavery is alive and well in the USA.
minus-squareBurn_The_Right@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-21 year agoCorrect. Slavery is still legal in U.S. prisons. The public may not be aware of it, but millions of people in U.S. prisons are slaves as permitted under U.S. law.
minus-squarekent_ehlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoI assume you mean in a “wage slave” kinda way?
minus-squareZoboomafoo@slrpnk.netcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-21 year agoUnfortunately not, when slavery was abolished in the US Constitution an exception was put in for: “punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted” Which was common practice at the time, and a huge mistake in hindsight. Some states have repealed that measure in their state constitution, but the work continues
minus-squaredvoraqs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year agoWell, only metaphorically, right?
minus-squarewinterayars@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·1 year agoNo, literally. Slavery is still legal as punishment for a crime. Which is why everything is illegal these days.
minus-square100_kg_90_de_belin @feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·1 year agoAs a turn of phrase
Lol they just redefined the terms of slavery. Slavery is alive and well in the USA.
Correct. Slavery is still legal in U.S. prisons. The public may not be aware of it, but millions of people in U.S. prisons are slaves as permitted under U.S. law.
I assume you mean in a “wage slave” kinda way?
Unfortunately not, when slavery was abolished in the US Constitution an exception was put in for:
“punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted”
Which was common practice at the time, and a huge mistake in hindsight.
Some states have repealed that measure in their state constitution, but the work continues
Well, only metaphorically, right?
No, literally. Slavery is still legal as punishment for a crime. Which is why everything is illegal these days.
As a turn of phrase