• Diva (she/her)@lemmy.ml
    234·
    4 days ago

    If it happens in US it’s actually a privilege, not forced labor.

    Characterizing prison work as forced labor is wrongheaded, he said, because most inmates who qualify for paid work earn that classification based on positive credits for behavior. “In other words, it’s a privilege,” he said, better than some of the other alternatives behind bars.

    -Shawn Bushway, RAND Corporation

      • Diva (she/her)@lemmy.ml
        61·
        4 days ago

        The US actually has a higher prison population than China, both per capita and total despite having a fraction of Chinas population. I’m not in favor of forced labor or the carceral state in general.

        When it’s happening in the country I live in, it’s going to be a slightly higher priority for me.

        • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
          84·
          4 days ago

          The US actually has a higher prison population than China, both per capita and total despite having a fraction of Chinas population.

          This is only true if you exclude Xinjiang concentration camps though.

          But either way, it ain’t a competition both states run a degeranged penal systems albeit targeting different undesirables. China focused on wrong think, US goes for poors and/or minorities.

          The end goal is the same, keep the normie acting like a docile dog.

        • TachyonTele@lemm.ee
          35·
          4 days ago

          Whats the percentage of Chinas pop that are prison workers, disclosed and undisclosed?

          If you’re in the US why are you on .ml?

              • Diva (she/her)@lemmy.ml
                52·
                4 days ago

                Not interested answering rhetorical questions, do your own research and present it.

                also I use she/her not it tyyy

                  • Diva (she/her)@lemmy.ml
                    42·
                    4 days ago

                    I haven’t responded because you started being rude. I wasn’t even the one to report you because I had to get back to work at the time.

                    People just be jumping right to insults and then get surprised when it gets removed. You just called me stupid in this post for example, maybe take a step back from the computer.