Its been 3 years of a casual stroll and a year of genocide and a mad dash to the right.
The Duopoly is fascist and they have hordes who will dutifully do whatever their masters tell them to.
this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2024
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Alabama got rid of slavery in 2022.
WTF CA?
This is factual, I double checked because I found it surprising.
Buuuuuuuuuuuut....How would they fight wildfires?
Won't anyone think about the wildfires?
/s (To be clear)
Alabama still very much has slavery / a few slave labor camps running. Not as many as California tho.
California would literally burn without slave labor.
Huh, I wonder what led to this failing? The source doesn't elaborate.
Probably related to this
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/06/election-state-ballot-measure-results
Ah, yes. Hurting the homeless. Of course. Silly me.
Prisoners’ rights are deeply unpopular in America because the vast majority of Americans still believe in the “justice” system making the right choices. Most of the people I campaigned to told me “if you don’t wanna do forced labor, just don’t commit crime”.
“if you don’t wanna do forced labor, just don’t commit crime”.
a poor education and ignorance (willful or other) are a key factor to why they have that sentiment.
an educated and informed person would realize that "punishment" does not benefit society. they would see how other countries approach the topic and realize that treatment and support are what criminals need ( not all of them obviously ). an informed populace would also look internally and realize prison-enforced slavery incentivizes increased incarceration of petty crimes, which only pushes people into more crime, not to mention private prisons and the 13th amendment make for an evil combination.
to quote SOAD:
All research and successful drug policy show that treatment should be increased
And law enforcement decreased while abolishing mandatory minimum sentences
Yea I can only educate so much at someone’s doorstep before they ignore me. I’m all ears about what you think the best tactic is.
Edit: but I don’t promise to listen, apparently this forum is infected with hateful bots that want to see my community become more divided and destroyed.