Sorry for my tone. That wasn’t directed at you. It was intended to be in support of people like us.

Yeah, here’s to the peaceful reformation, or, that failing, the violent revolution.

Sorry if it came across as a little juvenile. Thanks for your constructive criticism. I’ll try not to throw a tantrum over it.

• Tell me about it.

The logic is a topologist fantasy. It’s inside-out, upside-down, sideways, backward and twisted, just wrong from every angle. I hope they don’t get to find out, but their average person will not own a slave. Most Southerners could not afford slaves. Slave ownership was for the upper class, and even then, they started losing money by putting off switching to industrialized methods. The working class isn’t going to get butlers, they’re going to get to compete with people working for free. It isn’t a shot in the arm so much as it is a shot in the foot.

Also, it’s one of the most immoral human rights violations in the history of mankind, so there’s that, too.

https://www.hcn.org/articles/agriculture-farmers-turn-to-prisons-labor-to-fill-labor-needs/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/inmates-at-louisianas-angola-prison-sue-to-end-working-farm-lines-in-brutal-heat

https://www.wkrg.com/local-news/how-mississippi-inmates-are-harvesting-crops-to-set-themselves-up-for-success/

It’s been going on since the 13th Ammendment. It had just been declining for some time.

Even if we don’t care that it’s wrong for the human rights violations, it’s also a big middle finger to Americans working in the agricultural industry. It uses government funds to reduce their income by introducing inequitably subsidized competitors.

It is kind of childish.

Naw, man. You know how it goes. Worked it as job, waiting for somethin’ better. Years went by until I got roped into management. I guess no good deed goes unpunished. I’m supervisin’ the night shift and teaching Science Level 2: The New Testament. Boy, let me tell you, those kids can move some product, both over the counter and under it, if you know what I mean.

If anything, I’m more confused:

That you Carvex? I done sat behind you in Mrs. Hatfield’s class at the PS 121 Elementary School and Flying J Truck Stop! How the hell you been?

I do appreciate the more nuanced perspective. I feel like he would have been powerful enough to keep things plain if he wanted. He was one of the highest ranking members of his organization. Promotion from there would require some pretty unusual feats.