k-os
25th January 2012, 05:08 PM
Even 150 years after the end of the American Civil War, slavery in the United States is far from being history. Today, in a twisted marriage between Congress, the American prison system and large private corporations seeking to reduce costs and increase profits, slave labor has become a booming business in the United States. Generating over $2.4 billion dollars a year in revenue, and encompassing some 600,000 state, federal and local inmates, there seems to be no end in sight to this flourishing enterprise some have called the Prison Industrial Complex. Men who are in prison for non-violent offenses, that have gotten caught up in the never ending ‘War on Drugs’, mandatory minimum sentencing statues, “three strikes” laws and increasingly ending up in prison for unpaid debts, many times child support payments they are unable to make due to lack of employment, are by far and away the almost exclusive fodder for this new type of slavery. But how is this possible?
Expansion of Prisoner Labor
On December 18th, 1865, the United States officially outlawed slavery through adoption of the 13th amendment to the US Constitution. The amendment reads:
“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”Much, much more at the link.
http://www.avoiceformen.com/feminism/government-tyranny/the-booming-business-of-american-slavery/
I had never seen this website before, but I think y'all would like not only the title - "A Voice For Men", but the subtitle "Take the red pill". :o
GSUS bonus! A section on that site with a collection of videos (http://www.avoiceformen.com/womens-voice/) of women speaking out against feminism (supposedly, I didn't watch 'em).
Expansion of Prisoner Labor
On December 18th, 1865, the United States officially outlawed slavery through adoption of the 13th amendment to the US Constitution. The amendment reads:
“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”Much, much more at the link.
http://www.avoiceformen.com/feminism/government-tyranny/the-booming-business-of-american-slavery/
I had never seen this website before, but I think y'all would like not only the title - "A Voice For Men", but the subtitle "Take the red pill". :o
GSUS bonus! A section on that site with a collection of videos (http://www.avoiceformen.com/womens-voice/) of women speaking out against feminism (supposedly, I didn't watch 'em).