Slave labor furnishes much of your lifestyle

Then there is prison labor here in the US. A prisoners sentance is increased by 30 to 50% if they refuse to work in prison (plus getting no income to buy from the prison store, the only source of stamps, ability to communicate (pay phones), food other than prison food which is often nearly inedible. Therefore it is forced labor. When I say increased one could reverse it and say it is reduced, but since it is structural to the whole system we can't view it as reduced for working, but rather increased for not working. Additionally this allows the prison system to make prisoners perform far reaching acts of submission, as the prison staff allways keep some structural unemployment in the prison to torture psychologically the prisoners. Prisoners often do not recieve jobs unless they are at one location for at least 6 months, as the beauracracy is extremely slow, and prisoners are often transferred two or three times, as well as returning to court. In this way ironically people with the shortest sentences often have the most difficulty getting jobs, in essence favoring more serious offendors. With 2 million people in prison. The companies using prison labor are now a significant part of the US economy. They spend 50 million a year on lobbying for harsher sentences and greater exploitation.

According to one article a slave in the globalized slave system where 27 million people are classified as slave laborers is now 95% cheaper to buy than back when slavery was legal.

Horrifyingly when you put all this together buying ethical products made with transparent supply chains is the only way to reduce your reliance on slavery. You won't be able to get rid of using slaves.

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