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prisonslavery1

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61. What is to be done?
Sat Jun 23, 2012, 05:14 PM
Jun 2012

Prison Slavery in the North (1787) ran concurrently with Chattel slavery in the South. When Chattel slavery was prohibited throughout the country, Prison Slavery simply replaced it. So, the question about slavery returning is mute. It has, for all intense purposes, been here, and here it remains. It is ironic, however, that Confederate styled Republicans can be so much further advanced in this arena of consciousness than are so-called freedom loving Democrats.
Abolition of this EXCEPTION for slavery, of this disgrace to a nation of savages, must become a vanguard struggle among freedom loving people because it is more viral than perceived.
The discussion here has been strong, and inspiring, with multiple loose end speculations and observations about what would happen if - the Repug Confederates gain more power, if prisoner workers replaced outside workers, and how frightening it might be.
You can put all those hypotheticals away. It’s not a theory, not a hypothesis, not a “what if” – it is a reality, and Democrats are currently out-flanked, and out maneuvered via multiple Republican Slavocracy Network territory expansions.
It’s in front of all reading this, and some will understand academically, while others will have a life changing epiphany – ‘Oh, wow! It all makes sense now! There’s an ESXCEPTION FOR SLAVERY in the very amendment we were taught in Junior High School ABOLISHED ALL SLAVERY. DAMN, we were lied to! The reality is that it’s not merely speculation!
It’s a real deal, Lucile! Look at the Slave Territory Expansions:
1. Prisons and prison populations have grown by 800 to 1200% since 1980.
2. Massive financial gains have been made by Repug Confederates.
3. Massive new Crimes passed on fed and state levels.
4. States have sold their prisons to, and/or given contracts to right wing for profit prison corporations.
5. Children in Pennsylvania were literally bought and sold into prisons; and this is now happening in viral fashion across the country.
6. Is it any wonder that outside union and state jobs are now going to private for profit corporations with contracts going inside to prison slave workers.
7. There are massive examples of how liberal democrats have been hood-winked, and how slave territory has been expanded…
Now, what is to be done?
http://books.google.com/books?id=zbTU7QxA7qoC&pg=PP6&lpg=PP6&dq=prison+slavery+book&source=bl&ots=uICyD1W1JU&sig=WP7My6kIZxtS3DOk8D35fhAZjs0&hl=en&ei=rsXJTuPQKtGrsAK12exi&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBA#v=snippet&q=Barbara%20Esposito&f=false

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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
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