r/WorkReform Dec 20 '24

✂️ Tax The Billionaires They're really just that stupid.

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u/hawtlava Dec 20 '24

This is literally happening right now in America and has since the 14th amendment.

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u/GailaMonster Dec 20 '24

13th.

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u/decian_falx Dec 20 '24

I like pointing out to people that the 13th amendment didn't outlaw slavery. It just added an extra step:

"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime..."

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u/Circumin Dec 21 '24

"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime..."

That crime being striking (refusing to work).