06-23-2020, 01:22 PM
(06-23-2020, 01:10 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Well, your last line highlights the main point: there often is no choice in the matter. I take a little issue with the blog post you linked, specifically the line "[h]owever, many argue that these terms did not abolish slavery. Slavery was merely reformed." It isn't an argument to be had. The 13th Amendment does not abolish slavery because it says that if you are convicted of a crime you can be forced into slavery. Therefore, slavery still exists in this country.
That is like saying Kidnapping is not illegal because police do it to criminals.
Chattel slavery has been abolished. Prisoners can not be bought and sold. Neither can their wives or children. Prisons can't beat or kill inmates whenever they want. And if you don't want to be a prison slave YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
Again, comparing chattel slavery to prison labor is an insult to the innocent people who suffered under chattel slavery.
