US prison workers produce $11B worth of goods and services for little to no pay

Re:US prison workers produce $11B worth of goods and service... by grzm on Friday June 17, 2022 @07:32PM (#31785829)

This ignores the realignment of the parties in the 1940s. See the formation of the States' Rights Democratic Party (Dixiecrats). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixiecrat

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Re:US prison workers produce $11B worth of goods and service... by tomohawk on Friday June 17, 2022 @07:39PM (#31785873)

Stop pushing this big lie.

The people in the Dixiecrats are known. There are lists.

Can you name 10 that switched parties? You can't.

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Re:US prison workers produce $11B worth of goods and service... by btilly on Friday June 17, 2022 @08:31PM (#31786217)

You mean like Strom Thurmond, Ronald Reagan, Jesse Helms, Condoleezza Rice, Mike Pence, Rick Perry, Phil Graham, Jeane Kirkpatrick, George Wallace Jr and David Duke? All switched from Democrat to Republican and are either notable for high political office, or being racist. In some cases, both.

It is true that Civil Rights in 1964 began the switch. But it didn't really get going until Civil Rights Act (1964) really alienated Southern Democrats. Starting with Nixon's Southern First strategy, Republicans worked to appeal to them. With the rise of the religious right under Reagan there was a mass migration.

You can see https://www.history.com/news/how-the-party-of-lincoln-won-ov... to see that I'm not simply making this version of history up.

Did you have any references to it being just a "big lie"?

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Re:US prison workers produce $11B worth of goods and service... by the_only_law on Friday June 17, 2022 @10:48PM (#31786891)

Dammit you weren't supposed to actually name any!

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Re:US prison workers produce $11B worth of goods and service... by grzm on Friday June 17, 2022 @07:43PM (#31785903)

See this comment for more expansion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31785350

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