STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Friday, 17 August 2012

[Fuddnik]

20. Does it have a name?

I saw part of a series on PBS a few years ago, "Slavery in America", and wished I had seen the whole thing. Like you said, they don't teach that in high school.

There was another, not long ago, called "Slavery Under a Different Name", about the early Prison Industrial Complex, and Prisoner Lease programs. Under slavery, the owner had an investment, and had to provide at the least, minimal care for his "property". Under the lease programs, they could just work them to death, say "Ooops", and lease another prisoner. And then, maybe keep them past their release dates.

The past is starting to look more like the future every day. All this hope and change shit.

Viva Assange!