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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Couldn't find it in the article... Anyone have a list of states that have banned it handy?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I don't see one readily available, I know Colorado banned it off the top of my head

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_labor_in_the_United_States

this provides some additional context, but also not a complete list

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

The people may be liberal, but the politicians are not. They like to pretend to be, but we have no left wing party in the US. We have a right wing party that's oligarch in nature, and another right wing party that theocratic in nature.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Is this a rhetorical question?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

because california is a progressive state--it lives in the future

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Racist and fascist cruelty.

Maybe it's lib of me, but that was the only real big shocker of election night to me. I really didn't expect that. That state deserves to plunge into the Pacific to put out its apocalyptic fires.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Eric Adams loves this one simple trick

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

Spoiler: Piles and Piles of Money

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

I don’t think the journalist even made a serious attempt at answering the question that the copy editor injected into the headline.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago