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Other States Banned Forced Prison Labor. Why Didn’t California? (truthout.org)

submitted 1 month ago by Garibaldee@lemm.ee to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 month ago

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 14 points 1 month ago

Spoiler: Piles and Piles of Money

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago

I don’t think the journalist even made a serious attempt at answering the question that the copy editor injected into the headline.

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

Racist and fascist cruelty.

Maybe it's lib of me, but that was the only real big shocker of election night to me. I really didn't expect that. That state deserves to plunge into the Pacific to put out its apocalyptic fires.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

Eric Adams loves this one simple trick

[–] That_Devil_Girl@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

The people may be liberal, but the politicians are not. They like to pretend to be, but we have no left wing party in the US. We have a right wing party that's oligarch in nature, and another right wing party that theocratic in nature.

[–] sooper_dooper_roofer@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

because california is a progressive state--it lives in the future

[–] prole@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Couldn't find it in the article... Anyone have a list of states that have banned it handy?

[–] Garibaldee@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

I don't see one readily available, I know Colorado banned it off the top of my head

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_labor_in_the_United_States

this provides some additional context, but also not a complete list

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Is this a rhetorical question?