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ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works 1 year agoIt’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.
canni@lemmy.one 1 year ago
ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works 1 year 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.
canni@lemmy.one 1 year ago
[deleted]ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Except that not only is leaving extremely expensive I have to prove to the other country I’m worth having as a citizen or else it’s called illegal immigration which, again, is illegal.
ch00f@lemmy.world 1 year ago
No like…it’s literally in the Constitution.
ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
How long was slavery still around after the Constitution was ratified?
Oh that’s right 77 years.
ch00f@lemmy.world 1 year ago
But like, the current active in-use fully amended constitution.
ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Where in the Constitution does it say wage slavery is illegal?
I’m not physically forced to work but if I stop making money for even a short period of time I’m at risk of losing everything. The modern age of America is wage slavery where we’re forced to work ridiculous hours just to be able to afford to barely survive. If that’s not modern slavery idk wtf is