I thought fascism was a Republican thing 🤯

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Lol what? Do you have worms in your brain?

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One of their prison labor programs is for fighting wildfires.

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He’s referencing the slaves used as firefighters while enslaved that are denied employment fighting fires if they survive and are released.

You know, that insanely fucked up practice of endangering incarcerated persons in the most dangerous job possible simply to save money since they’re compensated less than $0.25/hour.

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They’re forced to do it, as well, or risk serving their full term and lose the basic human dignity that US prisons treat as though they were privileges and niceties.

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How Kamala Harris Fought to Keep Nonviolent Prisoners Locked Up For Labor

https://prospect.org/justice/how-kamala-harris-fought-to-keep-nonviolent-prisoners-locked-up/

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