• @Alsephina@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    Slavery was abolished in the US in the year 1865

    People in 1864: “Hey bro, you are aware of US Politics, right? You know that the US has always had slaves, right???”

    • @Nudding@lemmy.world
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      85 months ago

      Also one minor nitpick, slavery is alive and well in the US, it was never abolished. You guys will figure it out some day.

      • @Alsephina@lemmy.ml
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        75 months ago

        True, it’s still very much practiced in US prisons. Should’ve specified “officially” ig.

        • @bamboo@lemm.ee
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          Prison slavery is very official. It’s carved out as legal in the constitution, and it is pretty out in the open. The main thing is that we use a bunch of euphemisms to make the slavers and beneficiaries feel less bad about themselves, but they don’t hide it.