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California votes down proposition 6, which would end slave labor in prisons (www.latimes.com)
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I thought fascism was a Republican thing 🤯

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[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 11 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

Huh, I wonder what led to this failing? The source doesn't elaborate.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

Prisoners’ rights are deeply unpopular in America because the vast majority of Americans still believe in the “justice” system making the right choices. Most of the people I campaigned to told me “if you don’t wanna do forced labor, just don’t commit crime”.

[–] Jyek@sh.itjust.works 12 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 10 points 19 hours ago

Ah, yes. Hurting the homeless. Of course. Silly me.