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California enslaves 400 prisoners to fight wildfires. (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world -3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

If you'd like to provide any proof that these fire fighters are not doing this voluntarily and are coerced into it with some sort of punishment if not, please go ahead and provide it. Specifically this job, not others.

Also, you do realize that many fire fighters across the world are voluntary, in some cases the entire fire department is voluntary. People do risk their lives for this job for free.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

And slaves voluntarily worked on the cotton fields. Great trolling.