pettend@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 10 个月前Always look on the bright side of lifelemmy.worldimagemessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1926arrow-down143
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minus-squaredingus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·10 个月前I’m not at all excusing it, but don’t prisoners technically get paid for their work? It’s just some horrifically pathetic wage like $0.50/hr or something like that.
minus-squarethemoken@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up22·10 个月前Earning a pittance doesn’t mean they’re not slaves. They’re slaves because they can’t quit. Prisoners have basically zero agency in their lives.
minus-squarecheesepotatoes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 个月前Slavery doesn’t have anything to do with compensation. Slavery is about the absence of choice.
minus-squareadr1an@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 个月前Worker’s rights, unions, and the choice to quit…
I’m not at all excusing it, but don’t prisoners technically get paid for their work? It’s just some horrifically pathetic wage like $0.50/hr or something like that.
Earning a pittance doesn’t mean they’re not slaves. They’re slaves because they can’t quit. Prisoners have basically zero agency in their lives.
Slavery doesn’t have anything to do with compensation. Slavery is about the absence of choice.
You are not wrong
Worker’s rights, unions, and the choice to quit…