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magical thyme

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4. slavery already is on the table

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 08:50 AM

Jun 2012

It's just not called that.

Imprison people for victimless "crimes," force them to work at menial jobs for pennies/hour, charge them outrageous prices at the (company) commissary store.

Sucker people into huge loans, then pull the rug out from under them so they can't sell out, move away, or ever be free of them. Mortgages, student loans....take your pick.

Then again, the most nutty of the tea party nutcases at work launched a defense of old south slavery last winter. "It wasn't the way people make it out to be. Most owners were kind to their..." She swallowed the last word. I think she got stuck at "darkies" when she tried to turn it into something less overtly racist.

So they might re-institutionalize it, rationalizing that most owners are "kind" to their "property."

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If the GOP had full control, would slavery be on the table? [View all] Cyrano Jun 2012 OP

Most of them secretly want that but no it would not be proposed libtodeath Jun 2012 #1

I know a certain Freeper who's gonna have a field day with this one B2G Jun 2012 #44

Ermm.. slavery already exists and ananda Jun 2012 #2

Don't forget the self inflicted slavery of 'unpaid internships' Sirveri Jun 2012 #59

I don't think you are "out there" I think you are correctly perceiving the LiberalLoner Jun 2012 #3

slavery already is on the table magical thyme Jun 2012 #4

You're right, but with full control, they'd drop all pretenses Cyrano Jun 2012 #5

And really if you think about it they're much better off too lunatica Jun 2012 #10

And don't forget the Georgia state pols last year Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #24

Please remind your teabagger at work that only one state had a viable slave population. ieoeja Jun 2012 #27

Do you have a source for your assertion that slaves were dying off faster coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #41

Probably "Battle Cry of Freedom" ieoeja Jun 2012 #51

Not sure whether you are referring to the song "Battle Cry of Freedom," sung by coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #57

Actually, Kentucky was a "breeder" state Bake Jun 2012 #53

I could totally see that happening B2G Jun 2012 #6

It would be called The 'Freedom Wages Initiative' though lunatica Jun 2012 #7

Yep. The Thugs are great at naming Cyrano Jun 2012 #14

True dat! polichick Jun 2012 #35

No because slaves have to be fed, clothed, and housed to keep them alive aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2012 #8

Slaves are considered to be property and Cyrano Jun 2012 #12

yes, a return of slave labor with the cutback of hard earned regulations and overtime pay WI_DEM Jun 2012 #9

Get real concerned1234 Jun 2012 #11

Republicans give a rats ass about the Constitution??? Cyrano Jun 2012 #16

That's why prison labor is so unpopular these days.. Fumesucker Jun 2012 #19

It's here - Privatized Prisons + Prison Labor ThoughtCriminal Jun 2012 #13

Slavery already is on the table: private prisons. Odin2005 Jun 2012 #15

Not to mention today's virtually privatized Supreme Court Cyrano Jun 2012 #17

You are talking crazy edhopper Jun 2012 #18

Oh, come on, now. I've lived in the south for over 40 years and I've never heard anyone, Arkansas Granny Jun 2012 #20

Okay, they wouldn't call it "slavery." Cyrano Jun 2012 #22

Bwa-ha-ha: "segregation had it's (sic) merits". Ah, for the good 'ole days coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #42

Agreed. This topic is pathetic. IndyPragmatist123 Jun 2012 #43

It's not much of a reach, actually. hifiguy Jun 2012 #48

Yes. But it would be called something Orwellian. hifiguy Jun 2012 #21

It already is. Do you want fries with that order? HopeHoops Jun 2012 #23

Watch the movie C.S.A Confederate States of America kimbutgar Jun 2012 #25

Romney doesn't need charisma. All he needs is Cyrano Jun 2012 #26

Wage slavery clang1 Jun 2012 #28

Republicans controlled everything from 2002-2006 B2G Jun 2012 #29

Nope. No slavery all right, clang1 Jun 2012 #31

LOL, WTF?!? It's a nice day outside today... OneTenthofOnePercent Jun 2012 #30

They already have slaves in their prisons. Riley18 Jun 2012 #32

+1 n/t clang1 Jun 2012 #34

Indentured servitude. bigmonkey Jun 2012 #33

That is exactly how they would sell it n/t clang1 Jun 2012 #36

Sure but they wouldn't call it that. raouldukelives Jun 2012 #37

ROFL n/t clang1 Jun 2012 #39

No. It's cheaper to get rid of minimum wage and make sure unemployment's high. Octafish Jun 2012 #38

and the absence of evidence is proof of their secret plot Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #40

I finally saw JustAnotherGen Jun 2012 #45

Doesn't batshit insanity belong in the Creative Speculation forum? (nt) Nye Bevan Jun 2012 #46

Actually, batshit insanity is the atmosphere inside Cyrano Jun 2012 #47

You are spot on target clang1 Jun 2012 #49

Shared on prisonslavery1 Jun 2012 #50

Welcome to DU. GeorgeGist Jun 2012 #58

they would call it a 'jobs plan' spanone Jun 2012 #52

read the NEW JIM CROW by Michele Alexander dembotoz Jun 2012 #54

It's happening now loyalsister Jun 2012 #55

Wow ThomasP Jun 2012 #56

Prison labor, outsourcing, wage theft - these things already exist. Initech Jun 2012 #60

What is to be done? prisonslavery1 Jun 2012 #61

It's on the table ~ In their book WE are the slaves goclark Jun 2012 #62