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   Quinn Norton (quinn@social.circl.lu)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Dec-2024 11:54:00 JST Quinn Norton

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   • George Station

   @dangillmor @harmonygritz I've definitely heard it and variations, it goes back to the civil war, and the failure of reconstruction. If you've never read dubois' black reconstruction, well, you're definitely one of today's lucky 10,000! Seriously an amazing book <3

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     George Station (harmonygritz@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Dec-2024 11:54:01 JST George Station

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     • Dan Gillmor

     @dangillmor We may be in for a wave of increased justice-system abuse, and this deserves more attention, but why call convict leasing new?

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     Dan Gillmor (dangillmor@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Dec-2024 11:54:01 JST Dan Gillmor

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     • George Station

     @harmonygritz The name is new (to me anyway).

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     Dan Gillmor (dangillmor@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Dec-2024 11:54:02 JST Dan Gillmor

     Slavery has a new format: "convict leasing" -- https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-alabama-3b2c7e414c681ba545dc1d0ad30bfaf5

     The profiteers include state governments and corporations.

     And the system relies on creating lots of new convicts. That's "law and order" in America these days, and expect it to get much, much worse.