Domriso

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

No, the vast majority of the states still have slave labor. The 13th amendment aboloshed slavery "except as punishment for a crime." Last I checked only six states had changed their state constitutions to abolish all slavery, even in prison, though several others had ballot measures to do the same, so maybe there's more now.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It's also important to note that while middle class white people might have had an existence like the image states, it was only possible by pushing the failures of capitalism onto minorities, mostly Black people.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

This is why I only give plot hooks, not planned out plots. I figure out how things would go without intervention, then see how the players fuck it up by their actions.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He's not cured, he's being treated. And he's not just being released to the generap public, he's still going to be living in a group home, with managed care and accountability.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You realize he's going to be in a group home, right? It's not like he's just being let out on the streets.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think their point is more that it's easier for an undocumented individiual to disappear than for a documented one. They're already undocumented, so they're used to operating without going through proper channels. They have no connection to the vehicle, and thus no insurance, and thus the person being hit has no recourse for getting their own vehicle fixed.

Now, letting them get licenses would presumably come with them also getting insurance, but I feel like this is just a band-aid on a much bigger problem.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But as a martyr the government can paint him as being only about racism, not about economics.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago

That doesn't make it not a conspiracy, it makes it not a conspiracy theory. Instead, it is a factual conspiracy that is just not well known.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Plus there's a multitude of studies showing that people work far less than 8 hours a day, even if they are physically present at the job. I doubt productivity actually drops at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

While correct, the real problem came when they made banks unable to refuse college loans. Suddenly, colleges could set whatever price they wanted, and the banks had to agree. That skyrocketed costs and directly led to the current situation.

Of course, it really started even further back than that when we allowed education to be privately funded rather than a public good.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I've got this. My clothes basically melt off me, so I have to wear construction-grade clothing just to have it last a normal amount of time.

I never made the connection between my glasses, but that explains why they last so much longer when I switched to bulky plastic frames.

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