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Thousands could be coerced into "unpaid labor" in Louisiana under new bill | HB 211 would make sleeping outdoors in public illegal and force unhoused people to "choose" between prisons and workhouses (www.newsweek.com)

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“HB 211 is a debt trap. It creates a population of people who are, by definition, unable to pay. And then converts that inability into a labor obligation,” Michael Ryan, a finance expert and founder of MichaelRyanMoney.com, told Newsweek. “The ‘streets to success’ framing is deliberate misdirection. No legitimate treatment program requires the patient to work off their bill under threat of incarceration."

I'm morbidly fascinated by how carefully this article avoids using the obvious term. But slavery. It's slavery. It is a bill that would literally, legally, enslave a population (of predominantly Black men, fucking surprise) for the "crime" of being poor.

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[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 30 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

I had "bring back slavery" on my bingo card. I just need 'nuclear holocaust' to win now. 🤞

[–] EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Bring back?

My random internet person, we enshrined it in our goddamn constitution. It never went away, we legalized it and constitutionally protected it in such a way that ensures it will never go away until the document on which it is written is burned along with the institution that created it.

There's never going to be anything 2/3 of states agree on enough to change the constitution for again. Divisive politics and complicit media make sure of that.

[–] RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works 2 points 16 hours ago

Can't the North attempt to secede like the Dixies did, but for the opposite reason?

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 21 hours ago

That’s when we all win.