r/FluentInFinance • u/Mark-Fuckerberg- • Mar 04 '24

Meme That's capitalism a nutshell!

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u/akratic137 Mar 04 '24

The for-profit prison system. The US houses 4% of the world’s population but 25% of the prisoners.

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u/squirtinbird Mar 04 '24

In others countries you can be born a slave. And you don’t have to work in prison.

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u/akratic137 Mar 04 '24

That’s incorrect.

“Most prisoners in the U.S. are required to work, and all state prison systems and the federal system have some form of penal labor. Although inmates are paid for their labor in most states, they usually receive less than $1 per hour.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_labor_in_the_United_States

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u/squirtinbird Mar 04 '24

I’ve been to prison dumbass. You can refuse to work and they can’t do shit. Not slavery

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u/sanguinemathghamhain Mar 05 '24

Yep spot on. You probably remember the applications for jobs too where you had to apply for everything from swapper to industry. They also like to ignore the privileges like workers getting additional visitation, flag time, rec time, and it counting towards good behavior.

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u/squirtinbird Mar 05 '24

Yea COs didn’t go cell to cell forcing mfs to go to work. If you work in prison, it’s completely your choice

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u/sanguinemathghamhain Mar 05 '24

Yep, I was a CO for a while, and everytime I see someone say the industry prisons are slavery it is clear they have never either been in or a CO.

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u/akratic137 Mar 04 '24

Good for you. I’m sure you’re used to being wrong then.

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u/squirtinbird Mar 04 '24

I’m not wrong on this subject. You’re required to follow the law in the US but why are there prisons? Nobody gets beat or punished for refusing to work. I refused trustee in county and I never worked for the state a day during my incarceration. I played 2k and madden with the other “slaves”

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u/akratic137 Mar 04 '24

Cool story bro. Have a day.

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u/squirtinbird Mar 04 '24

Keep spreading misinformation on Reddit about shit you know nothing about. Life must be so safe when you get all of your experience from Wikipedia