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

• Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨weeks⁩ 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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    • Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Lmfao. You’re disgusting. No, not very many countries have worse prisons than America, At least not other comparable western nations.

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      • lemonbun@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        How is that disgusting? Admitting that you lose rights in prison? You’re literally just trolling for a reaction. I can think of a handful of EU countries with much smaller populations that have it better. Comparing black slaves from the 1800s to modern day prisoners is what’s disgusting

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