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minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years ago American prisons ARE meant for torture. Don’t get it twisted. naw. not really. Prisons are meant to provide cheap domestic labor to the corporations running them. it’s all profits.
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 years agoThat’s a part of it, yes. It’s the slavery loophole in the 13th amendment.
minus-squareSuperb@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoLess of a loophole, more of an intended feature
minus-squareJiggle_Physics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoLoopholes are things intentionally built into structures with the purpose of allowing something through. I find it weird so many people think loopholes aren’t something intentional.
minus-squarePoggervania@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·2 years agoNever forget, it’s actually legal to enslave prisoners according to the 13th Amendment.
naw. not really. Prisons are meant to provide cheap domestic labor to the corporations running them. it’s all profits.
Well both those things can be true.
That’s a part of it, yes. It’s the slavery loophole in the 13th amendment.
Less of a loophole, more of an intended feature
Loopholes are things intentionally built into structures with the purpose of allowing something through. I find it weird so many people think loopholes aren’t something intentional.
Never forget, it’s actually legal to enslave prisoners according to the 13th Amendment.