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ch00f@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  It’s not even that anymore.

  I’m personally a slave. I have the choice between working or ending up homeless and starving. If I can’t work I’m told to go fuck myself and die.

  The only difference today is I don’t get whipped.

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  • ch00f@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    No like…it’s literally in the Constitution.

    Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

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    • ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      How long was slavery still around after the Constitution was ratified?

      Oh that’s right 77 years.

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      • ch00f@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        But like, the current active in-use fully amended constitution.

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  • canni@lemmy.one ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

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    • ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Except then I’m not paying taxes and probably living on govt owned land which is illegal.

      You can’t own property you rent it from the govt. You can only grow your own food in certain designated areas. You can’t hunt on most govt property. You can’t cut random trees.

      If I did as you said and lived in the woods I’d be a felon.

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      • canni@lemmy.one ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

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