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Prisoners in California will still be forced to fight wildfires and make furniture for minimal pay, as voters appear to have rejected Proposition 6 (www.rollingstone.com)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I'm sure if you asked every liberal in California, face to face, if they would be in favor of ending slavery by checking a box, 99.9% of them would tell you 'yes, of course, it's the very least I could do'. But the mask comes off at home in front of an anonymous paper ballot.