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minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year ago American prisons ARE meant for torture. Don’t get it twisted. naw. not really. Prisons are meant to provide cheap domestic labor to the corporations running them. it’s all profits.
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoThat’s a part of it, yes. It’s the slavery loophole in the 13th amendment.
minus-squareSuperb@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoLess of a loophole, more of an intended feature
minus-squareJiggle_Physics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoLoopholes are things intentionally built into structures with the purpose of allowing something through. I find it weird so many people think loopholes aren’t something intentional.
naw. not really. Prisons are meant to provide cheap domestic labor to the corporations running them. it’s all profits.
Well both those things can be true.
That’s a part of it, yes. It’s the slavery loophole in the 13th amendment.
Less of a loophole, more of an intended feature
Loopholes are things intentionally built into structures with the purpose of allowing something through. I find it weird so many people think loopholes aren’t something intentional.