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The country claiming to have the most βfreedomβ of any country has the highest incarceration rate of any country.
Not so fun fact: the constitution allows for slavery as long as it's a punishment for a crime.
Hmmm... Nah, those dots don't connect at all.
And many plantations converted to prisons that are still in operation to this day.
And many states can't reduce their prison populations because then they'd lose free labor.
And some states use prison labor to staff the governor's mansion with butlers.
Here in California, prisoners are employed to fight wildfires.
Until very recently, former prisoners were not allowed to be employed as firefighters when they got out. That was corrected by Newsom in 2020.
Man, I fucking love that guy and what he's been doing. Him and my governor, as well as the governor of Michigan have been having a pissing contest to see who can be the best governor, and we're all winning.
Go read about the nightmare this Angola prison in Louisiana.