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capitalism ruins everything around me (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Cream get the money Dolla Dolla bill yall

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like slavery with extra steps.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sounds like pure slavery:

catch someone
take away their freedom
force them to work

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh, there's a trial and some other stuff. There are extra steps. Still slavery, though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Oh, there's a trial and some other stuff.

Only if you're one of the lucky outliers.

In fiscal year 2022, only 290 of 71,954 defendants in federal criminal cases – about 0.4% – went to trial and were acquitted, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of the latest available statistics from the federal judiciary. Another 1,379 went to trial and were found guilty (1.9%).

The overwhelming majority of defendants in federal criminal cases that year did not go to trial at all. About nine-in-ten (89.5%) pleaded guilty, while another 8.2% had their case dismissed at some point in the judicial process, according to the data from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

To get a slave, you had to go to the slave market. Same deal

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That is why Marx called that wage slavery. It's literally slavery with wages.