"Nobody to pick them"... Florida farmers plow their tomatoes under.

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60. That is true.

Sadly troglodytes still exist in Republican form.

The Abolition Amendment, a joint resolution currently before the Senate Judiciary Committee, proposes amending the U.S. Constitution to include an article reading, “[n]either slavery nor indentured servitude may be imposed as a punishment for a crime,” which would formally close the exception loophole. However, the bar for passing a constitutional amendment is high, requiring a two-thirds vote by the House and Senate, as well as ratification by three-fourths of all state legislatures. Thus, this resolution has not gained much traction

https://www.naacpldf.org/13th-amendment-emancipation/

JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for a crime.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States:...

Following the end of the Jim Crow era, the War on Drugs fueled mass incarceration by disproportionately filling America’s prisons with Black Americans (Black men, in particular) and enforcing racial control through the criminal justice system. This resulted in a redesign of America’s racial caste system that nominally adhered to the principle of colorblindness following the fall of Jim Crow. Indeed, author and civil rights litigator Michelle Alexander has described this phenomenon as “the New Jim Crow.”

These are not just dark legacies of the past, however. Today, there are still incarcerated Black Americans picking crops on plantations across the country. Regardless of whether it’s through agricultural work or otherwise, the prison labor system creates a lack of control over one’s labor and freedom — particularly for Black people. It’s no surprise, then, to find that in some states, incarcerated workers are not paid at all.

]https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/21/text?r=3&s=1