• PeriodicallyPedantic
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    5 months ago

    Always has been.

    Slavery remained legal as a punishment for crime, it was never completely abolished

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      5 months ago

      In some countries that actually abolish slavery, it is. Forced labour is also forbidden by human rights, but I know some countries don’t care about that either.

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        4 months ago

        I’m assuming the article is from the USA, so that is the context of my comment.

        Yes, other countries do different things.