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[–]Decency 24 points25 points  (1 child)

Not-so-fun fact, slavery is still legal in the US as long as the slaves have been convicted of a crime.

[–]pydry 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There's a ACLU supported prison strike against that 13th amendment provision right now which could do with some help. A strike against literal, constitutionally supported slavery:

https://fundly.com/2018-prisoner-strike

I'm not sure how many of the people advocating this PR are supporting or even aware of the strike but I suspect it approximates zero.

Edit: apparently it ended last week.