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  • LovableSidekick@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlForest of trees
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    1 day ago

    As somebody who isn’t much on social media, I often have to look up slang terms I don’t use. It’s actually kind of relatable when an explanation doesn’t convey the nuances people feel when these terms are just part of normal speech. Also tbh the general idea of mocking people for not knowing things doesn’t really seem that cool.






  • Slaves have owners, prison convicts don’t.

    Slaves are kidnapped from their homes, having done nothing wrong, shipped somewhere and sold like cattle in markets to whoever wants to buy them. Convicts aren’t.

    Prison sentences have limits - an individual convict could happen have a life sentence, but that’s not a characteristic of prison. Most convicts have a future parole date when their sentence will end. Slaves don’t - their fate is up to the whim of their owner. If there is a fixed end date then they aren’t slaves, they’re indentured servants.

    Indentured servitude would be a more appropriate term for prison labor - so why not use that? Because it doesn’t sound as serious? “Slavery” has more impact? Sure, it sounds like a stronger point is being made, but “sounds better” isn’t a good reason. People who insist on attaching the slavery label to prison labor are the ones who should be justifying themselves.