And please don’t tell me “just change jobs”.

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    13 hours ago

    Oh well I live in the US where the less fortunate are put in prison and forced to be slaves.

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      I’ve never been to the US but I’m certain that’s not true.

      I’m not trying to be a snarky online asshole telling you you’re wrong about everything. I’m certain that I’ve felt the way you are in the past. I do genuinely wish you well.

      I guess I was just trying to give you some hope for the future by challenging your feeling of hopelessness.

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        22 minutes ago

        It is true, we created a “war on drugs” to put disproportionate amounts of minorities in prison after the backlash against integration and to break up the civil rights movement.

        Then our privately owned prisons rent out those prisoners’ labor to corporations.

        It’s not against their will but they get the choice of rotting in a cell or working for 1/4th of minimum wage and seeing sunlight.