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Prison labor to cover children's lunch debt
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this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2026
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If they were paid $0.01 per hour, would you say they were being paid?
If yes, then clearly, "being paid" is not the dividing line between slavery and freedom, so you should establish how much you think someone should be paid for it to not be slavery.
By this logic, there were no slaves at any point in American history because all those people we brought over from Africa and bred into servitude were paid in food and shelter.
I really hope this is trolling.