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Re:National prison strike launches over underpaid labor and ... by solidsnack9000 on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @12:07AM (#17816220)
Even if we accept that it being in the Constitution makes it right, it is permitting slavery as a punishment and not as an expedient.
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Re:National prison strike launches over underpaid labor and ... by arthur_pryor on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @02:59AM (#17816886)
i agree that's one way to read it, but it seems plausible to me that the intent really was just as a winnable end-run around abolition.
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