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California enslaves 400 prisoners to fight wildfires. (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] ghost_of_faso3@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

'The slaves that joined the gladiator arena to fight for their freedom actually WANT to be there dont you understand?, They give the gladiators valuable skills, nicer jail cells. I had a friend that spent 3 years as a gladiator and he actually preferred it to being a slave'