pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoPrisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brandsapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1162arrow-down13cross-posted to: politics@hexbear.netearthlingliberationnotes@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmy.mlus_news@lemmygrad.mlusa@lemmy.mlnews@kbin.socialworkreform@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
arrow-up1159arrow-down1external-linkPrisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brandsapnews.compinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square13fedilinkcross-posted to: politics@hexbear.netearthlingliberationnotes@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmy.mlus_news@lemmygrad.mlusa@lemmy.mlnews@kbin.socialworkreform@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
minus-squarecranakis@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up50arrow-down1·edit-29 months ago"But thanks to Reaganomics, prison turned to profits 'Cause free labor’s the cornerstone of US economics 'Cause slavery was abolished, unless you are in prison You think I am bullshittin’, then read the 13th Amendment Involuntary servitude and slavery it prohibits That’s why they givin’ drug offenders time in double digits." Killer Mike - Reagan
minus-squareDeceptichum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-29 months agoFew months ago, I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions still tell me that’s true. But the facts and the evidence tell me it is not.
"But thanks to Reaganomics, prison turned to profits
'Cause free labor’s the cornerstone of US economics
'Cause slavery was abolished, unless you are in prison
You think I am bullshittin’, then read the 13th Amendment
Involuntary servitude and slavery it prohibits
That’s why they givin’ drug offenders time in double digits."
Killer Mike - Reagan
Fuck Ronald Regan
Few months ago, I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages.
My heart and my best intentions still tell me that’s true.
But the facts and the evidence tell me it is not.