So, to understand what's being said: People make money off the
backs of slaves. Private slavery ended in the 13th Amendment.
Government slavery began in the 13th Amendment. The form of
slavery is the Prison system of the USA. So, slavery continues
to be primarily minority, although just as there were white
slaves in the past, there are still white slaves today,
explaining the presence of white slaves in the form of
prisoners. The premise is that money is being made off the backs
of the prison slaves. My only question is this: What work are
these slaves doing? I can definitely go with the argument that
the exception clause in the 13th Amendment created the
conditions for transferal of slaves from private to government
ownership - at the time. But today? I don't know. Perhaps I'd
have to read the book but it's not really my thing. I _can_
however, see a good portion of his argument and I find it
agreeable. Just, not all of it. And* ? The migration of people
from socialist --> capitalist USA is not a counter argument for
it assumes foreknowledge of the potential to become government
slaves. Just as the concept of
Prison-as-institutionalized-slavery is new to me, I well imagine
it would also be a surprise to anybody who is migrating here. ==
I had to really think about it. I've heard that "prison is
institutionalized slavery" before yet I thought it had to do
with the number of minorities incarcerated. But I never knew of
the connection to the 13th amendment exception. That blew my
mind. ==
