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Re:Some Employees Chafe as Google’s New Internal Rules Take ... by chii on Friday November 01, 2019 @11:21PM (#21425681)
> the US has more slaves now than it did at the peak of the slave trade

i find that highly implausible. Unless you're equating "wage" slavery to chattel slavery.

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Re:Some Employees Chafe as Google’s New Internal Rules Take ... by TaylorAlexander on Saturday November 02, 2019 @12:25AM (#21425885)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_labor_in_the_United_Stat...

Slavery is still legally allowed in the United States as punishment for a crime, and business is booming.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/23/prison...

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/9/20/from_convict_labor_to...

https://theintercept.com/2018/01/14/florida-prison-strike-un...

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