Comment by pjc50
12 days ago
They're going to end up with some sort of corvee forced labour scheme enforced by ICE, the logical conclusion of "other people should go work in the factories".
12 days ago
They're going to end up with some sort of corvee forced labour scheme enforced by ICE, the logical conclusion of "other people should go work in the factories".
We already have that, it's called prison labor. The current regime will certainly ramp that up and throw even more people into forced labor camps.[1]
BTW we don't talk enough about the gigantic loophole in the thirteenth amendment: Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. [emphasis added]
1 https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/flyover-country
That is not a loophole. Also prison labor tends to be "unskilled", so useless and even counterproductive in manufacturing roles the US would need if they were to compete with China.
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/u/unskilled-labor.asp
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