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Re:US prison slaves produce $11B worth of goods and services by x86_64Ubuntu on Friday June 17, 2022 @04:05PM (#31783554)
>...The difference is that we (America) can change China and the Indo-Pacific, but not the US prison system.

I'm not sure how ending prison slavery abroad in a sovereign country is supposedly easier than ending it at home, especially in a country that rambles incessantly about "freedom". The fact of the matter is that much of the US population likes the system, and by focusing on China, we don't have to acknowledge that offensive fact.

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Re:US prison slaves produce $11B worth of goods and services by Buttons840 on Friday June 17, 2022 @04:49PM (#31784169)
Was he being sarcastic? I'm not sure. He may have been trying to sarcastically say that our political climate doesn't realistically allow this to change?
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