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'They quit after a few hours': Farmers admit they can't find American workers (www.rawstory.com)

submitted 1 year ago by RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to c/leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world

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[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 58 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The US has always operated off of slave labor. We currently, among other things, use slave labor to fight forest fires.

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[–] huppakee@feddit.nl 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I read somewhere the US both has a really high incarnation ratio (as in amounts of prisoners per x citizens) and a high percentage of externally employed prisoners. Interestingly those stats where compared to Russia (Siberian labour camps) and China (Uyghurs in forced labour).

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[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago*

i think its 1.2+million in for profit system, and you wonder why courts are often desperate to hand out convinctions often, despite the lack of evidence in many cases against disadvantaged people. it also helps breed future cannon fodder for the military too(through the children of the incarcerated), basically generational slavery.

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[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Yes, we have one of the highest prisoner per-capita in the world

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