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Re:They thought they were going to rehab but ended up in chi... by luckylion on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @07:14AM (#28287260)
> It's somewhat incredible (in a bad way) how far capitalism can go in terms of monetizing everything in people's lives when left unchecked.

Slavery/indentured servitude/prison labor predates capitalism by forever, that really has nothing to do with it. Similar (but much worse) labor camps existed in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.

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Re:They thought they were going to rehab but ended up in chi... by harimau777 on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @12:04PM (#28290647)
I think that the point is that while it is widely agreed that these sorts of issues exist under systems like slavery, many people do not believe that they exist under capitalism.
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