Comment on America continues to fall behind the rest of the world

• Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You should be embarrassed for not knowing about the 13th amendment.

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  • lemonbun@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    you should be ashamed not knowing present va past tense

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    • Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Oh yeah they get rid of the part about using prisoners as slaves when I wasn’t looking? Lol

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      • lemonbun@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I think prison reform is a seperate topic from slavery, but you do give up your rights in prison, which would include the 13th amendment. Many countries have much more terrible prison conditions.

        Either way in the 1800s slaves didn’t have as much of a choice to be a slave, today prisoners mostly had a choice before committing a crime (though I acknowledge not every person in jail deserves or should be there). I just think that should be awknowledge before saying America still has “slaves”. At the end of the day the law is what allows us to have the society we have today (for better or worse).

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• postman@literature.cafe ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m guessing prison inmates, as outlined in tge constitution?

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