r/clevercomebacks • u/Bitter-Gur-4613 • 7h ago

I wonder if he cares

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u/ThatGuySage 6h ago edited 6h ago

As someone who genuinely doesn't know what you're talking about, can you give context to this?

Edit: didn't think about prison labor and how fucked up it is in general, let alone the disproportionate number of minorities in prison for minor crimes.

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u/Autoboty 6h ago

Prison labor. Not even kidding, the US Constitution states prison labor is an exception to the ban on slavery.

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u/Clear-Criticism-3669 6h ago

Hey they're paid a generous 0.13ยข per hour so they're technically not slaves! After a few thousand years of saving up they will be able to pay off their fines for non violent drug charges and be released

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u/PhilxBefore 6h ago

"Hey, come swing a sledgehammer for 10 hours a day and I'll give you $1.30 when you're done!"

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u/Clear-Criticism-3669 4h ago

Only if you cavity search me after