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by amanaplanacanal 371 days ago
There is prison labor in lots of places, including the US. We just don't like to think about it as slavery.
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Prison labor, underpaid and abused illegal agricultural workers worldwide, sweatshop workers for Nike, H&M, etc, miners in 3rd world countries, these abuses are incredibly widespread and are basically the basis of our society.

It's a lot more expensive currently to clothe and feed yourself ethically. Basically only upper middle class people and above can afford it.

Everyone else has cheap food and clothes, electronics, etc, more or less due to human suffering.