Here’s the slavery speed run:

Step 1 - Mass layoffs + Tariffs lead to mass homelessness. Step 2 - Criminalize homelessness. Step 3 - Arrest/institutionalize the homeless in for profit prisons. Lend inmates to private corporations for forced labor. Step 4 - Profit.

  • thesohoriots@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    28 days ago

    But not its root causes

    Ohhh so close. It’s the thing John Oliver can’t say but gets a little closer to saying each night.

    • Washedupcynic@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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      28 days ago

      Yeah, they will never address the root causes of homelessness. The homeless are used as boogeymen for the lower and middle class working plebs.