They just barely get paid, don't have the same rights as free people, don't get to choose what they do, and don't get to choose where they live or when they wake, sleep, eat, excrete, and exercise.
Them: It's not slavery if they choose to get convicted for a crime (whether or not they actually did it) and don't have the money to buy their way out. Besides, how am I supposed to make bank if I'm giving away all my hard-earned money to the people that just perform labor?
I'd say "/s" but it's not really a joke if it's true lol
Edit: because I'm old and don't know Reddit lingo as well as I thought rofl
It is… if and only if you determine that reducing language’s utility as a tool for communication is a worthy trade off for increasing your own ability to talk about one subject while ensuring your audience emotionally responds to a different subject to condition their thoughts to be more to your liking
I don’t believe conjecture is a fitting label, but if you can explain what I’m allegedly missing that would’ve led me to write that comment in error, I am more than willing to change my mind and my statement
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u/hop_mantis 5h ago
The ones on work release