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California enslaves 400 prisoners to fight wildfires. (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 hours ago

Yikes, seeing people come out of the woodworks to defend slavery...

[–] SoftTeeth@lemmy.world 29 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Slavery should be abolished.

This shouldn't be a controversial beleif in 2025.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 7 points 12 hours ago

It is for a lot of people below for some reason.

[–] Nojustice@lemmy.ml 16 points 13 hours ago

Lmfao at the absolutely classic .world responses in this thread. "Slavery is good actually". You guys play your role too a T.