Trump to hit more than 60 countries including Canada with new tariffs over 'forced labour' (www.cbc.ca)
from etuomaala@sopuli.xyz to world@lemmy.world on 03 Jun 19:05
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Witchfire@lemmy.world on 03 Jun 19:07 next collapse

Slavery is still legal in the US. Pot, kettle

ragepaw@lemmy.ca on 03 Jun 19:31 next collapse

Slavery for me, not for thee.

stoly@lemmy.world on 03 Jun 22:50 next collapse

Slavery has always been legal in the US and will always be legal until a constitutional amendment removes it. The only time slavery is not legal is when it is based on race.

harmbugler@piefed.social on 04 Jun 14:39 collapse

Slavery is legal in prisons and prisons lean heavily towards black incarceration, so they found a way around it more or less.

stoly@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 14:54 collapse

That is specifically why Nixon began the “War on Drugs”.

tacoplease@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 00:53 collapse

Pimpin’ ain’t illegal!

kescusay@lemmy.world on 03 Jun 19:42 next collapse

Trump to manipulate the stock market again

Fixed that headline.

Jax@sh.itjust.works on 03 Jun 19:42 next collapse

6 months. 6 more months of this and an excrutiating summer before we learn whether or not there will be a coup in November.

So, so tired.

ininewcrow@lemmy.ca on 03 Jun 20:23 next collapse

Trump making an announcement?

The only idiot in this equation are the people that actually think anything he says means anything

Maeve@kbin.earth on 03 Jun 20:26 next collapse

The only forced labor allowed is to be domestic and bribed.

UnrefinedChihuahua@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 03 Jun 20:44 next collapse

Didn’t I read somewhere on Lemmy a while back that the US was reducing protections for child labourers?

Yeah fuck off Orangutan.

stoly@lemmy.world on 03 Jun 22:49 collapse

Some southern states just got rid of a whole lot of child protection in the name of the economy.

AmazingSUPERG@thelemmy.club on 03 Jun 20:44 next collapse

So… the war is over?? He has time now to deal with other issues?

Folstar@lemmus.org on 03 Jun 20:54 next collapse

Oh good, so they’ll be taking on domestic forced labour next, right? Right?!

Geez fellas, I’m starting to suspect these GQPedos actually have no values whatsoever and are just saying whatever feels convenient to get what they want.

modernangel@sh.itjust.works on 03 Jun 23:28 next collapse

the why is probably a lie, shrug

pivot_root@lemmy.world on 03 Jun 23:57 next collapse

Meanwhile: private prisons at home…

NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 01:50 collapse

I wonder what % of the world’s slave labor they have via their prison slaves. They already have a disproportionate amount of imprisoned people so its gotta be quite a lot of slaves.

cookiecoookie@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 08:11 collapse

US prison labor accounts for about 2.9% of forced labor (modern slavery) worldwide, but is also over a third of the forced prison labor population worldwide.

US Data (800,000 forced workers): ACLU & University of Chicago (2022). Captive Labor: Exploitation of Incarcerated Workers.

Global Data (27.6M total forced labor; 2.2M forced prison labor): International Labour Organization, Walk Free, & IOM (2022). Global Estimates of Modern Slavery.

800,000 / 27,600,000 = 2.9% of total global forced labor. 800,000 / 2,200,000 = 36.3% (over a third) of global forced prison labor.

NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 17:31 collapse

Thats actually cool that the numbers for that are out there. Thank you!

ZephyrXero@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 04:21 next collapse

Remember, every accusation is a confession with them

rayyy@piefed.social on 04 Jun 12:39 next collapse

Republican motto: Accuse others of the things you are doing. Private prisons in the US are using forced labor.

Treczoks@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 16:11 next collapse

Says the country that sells prison labour for cheap.

SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca on 04 Jun 16:48 collapse

And exploits border crossers to pick crops.

j_elgato@leminal.space on 04 Jun 16:26 next collapse

Congress actually told him No to something…

So of course he is going to smash the big red tarriff button, the only feature on his plastic Fisher Price Resolute desk playset.

SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca on 04 Jun 16:47 collapse

Trump seeks to protect oompa lumpas.

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