6 hours ago
A positive spin would be "hey, we went to war about it and got rid of it" (mostly, except for prisoners, and we can discuss what counts as punishment/penance separately). But that sort of runs aground on how clear the record is about what the Confederacy was for, and therefore what all the current pride in it says.
9 hours ago
I just want it to be more commonly understood that enslavement is perfectly legal and enshrined in the 13th amendment. We have a million, mostly black, perfectly legal slaves in the US right now.
9 hours ago
There's been a lot of "progress". They used to be chattel property. Then they were merely abused. Then, post-WW II, they were lynched from time to time. Now, they're only denied the right to vote and to participate fully in political and economic society.
I guess having to share one's benefits seems like oppression?
9 hours ago
> Now, they're only denied the right to vote and to participate fully in political and economic society.
Given that the only modern slaves in America are prisoners I think it's by (reasonable) design that they can't participate in society...
8 hours ago
Lookup gerrymander. Quality of living, education, etc.
9 hours ago
9 hours ago
What makes you think that healthcare being tied to the coincidence of employment isn't a similar form of golden handcuff?
If you can't control what the employment circumstances are, you are fundamentally servile to the operation of the System. Keep that in mind. That vote is on an ass that goes in a seat. That ass in the seat is not bound in any way to deliver, and with enough bloody money, it doesn't matter truth or lies, it gets said all the same. What's on the table plays, and you ain't at the table.