• @PunnyName@lemmy.world
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    235 months ago

    Just like you can quit your job any time you want?

    Damn the consequences or any repercussions. Because there’s always the freedom of being destitute.

    • Melllvar
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      -235 months ago

      Well, yes, just like me and my job, they can quit. What part of that suggests slavery?

      • CrimeDad
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        315 months ago

        They’re incarcerated while I presume you are not. Apart from all the involuntary aspects of prison life, inmates are not allowed to negotiate individually or organize for better pay and conditions. They cannot choose a different employer. The freedom to choose to go to the fire camp or stay within the prison under conditions designed to coerce them to work isn’t really freedom. They’re slaves.