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Re:U.N. expert says minorities suffer slavery in Xinjiang by JoeyBananas on Friday August 19, 2022 @10:49AM (#32521702)
What is the alternative to prisoner labor? Just have prisoners sit and do nothing? A lot of people who aren't in prison rarely ever get a chance to do that.

Prison labor is not the same as slavery. That is one of those poisonous radical ideas, it's on par with "muslims did 9/11 therefore all muslims are terrorists"

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Re:U.N. expert says minorities suffer slavery in Xinjiang by foxyv on Friday August 19, 2022 @01:56PM (#32524153)
You could pay the prisoners fair wages.
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Re:U.N. expert says minorities suffer slavery in Xinjiang by garmanarnar on Friday August 19, 2022 @03:52PM (#32525317)
Prison labor is slavery. Did you ever stop and consider the peverse incentives inherent in forcing prisoners to work for the profits of a private prison?

Also, nice strawman.

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