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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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[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 hours ago

I am sure they are very concerned about slavery in China though

[–] TotalFat@lemmy.world 13 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Alabama got rid of slavery in 2022.

WTF CA?

[–] Count042@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago

Buuuuuuuuuuuut....How would they fight wildfires?

Won't anyone think about the wildfires?

/s (To be clear)

[–] reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 hours ago

This is factual, I double checked because I found it surprising.

[–] Melkath@fedia.io 16 points 18 hours ago

Its been 3 years of a casual stroll and a year of genocide and a mad dash to the right.

The Duopoly is fascist and they have hordes who will dutifully do whatever their masters tell them to.

[–] Didros@beehaw.org 9 points 16 hours ago

Pfft, America has a Center-Right part and an Extreme-Right party. Just because Republicans call Dems "the left" doesn't make them leftists.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 10 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

California would literally burn without slave labor.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works -3 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Lol what? Do you have worms in your brain?

[–] STUNT_GRANNY@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago

One of their prison labor programs is for fighting wildfires.

[–] dontgooglefinderscult@lemmings.world 4 points 10 hours ago

He's referencing the slaves used as firefighters while enslaved that are dented employment fighting fires if they survive and are released.

You know, that insanely fucked up practice of endangering incarcerated persons in the most dangerous job possible simply to save money since they're compensated less than $0.25/hour.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 11 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

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

[–] Jyek@sh.itjust.works 12 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Probably related to this

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/06/election-state-ballot-measure-results

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 10 points 17 hours ago

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

[+] jaybone@lemmy.world -12 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

People are really getting sick of things like side shows, smash and grab robberies, car breakins. Small businesses are closing because of this. The Alameda County DA doesn’t want to prosecute offenders, victims feel they are not being represented. So given all that, it doesn’t surprise me at all that voters aren’t eager to do any favors for convicted criminals.

[–] Count042@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 hour ago

Banning slavery is not 'Doing a favor'.

[–] Grapho@lemmy.ml 12 points 12 hours ago

You know what the most ghoulish shit is about libs? Y'all stopped pretending cruel and unusual punishment was only for rapes and murders and now stealing a sandwich is enough to get you to pay with your life's time for a few years.

Maybe demand all the media, agriculture and tech billionaires y'all have to stop wage theft, antitrust practices, rent/food gouging and outright contracting prison slaves and you wouldnt have so many homeless people that still have to eat and inner city youth desperate to make a dollar any way they can to escape their police-occupied communities.

[–] Fidel_Cashflow@lemmy.ml 10 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

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