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minus-squareWoodScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 hours agoI see it as a direct continuation of: Slavery->Sharecropping and Jim Crow->mass incarceration Slavery never ended. The name just changed to be more polite, with a fig leaf of freedom and free will. Additionally we realized two things: It’s more economical to hold slaves in large central facilities than dispersed. The best way to fight abolitionism is to convince the populace that the slaves deserve it.
I see it as a direct continuation of:
Slavery->Sharecropping and Jim Crow->mass incarceration
Slavery never ended. The name just changed to be more polite, with a fig leaf of freedom and free will. Additionally we realized two things:
It’s more economical to hold slaves in large central facilities than dispersed.
The best way to fight abolitionism is to convince the populace that the slaves deserve it.