2026-09-24 14:26 UTC
When you have a lord who collects over half of your money every month in rent, with the rest going to utilities, and for most people that results in nothing left for the person who labored, and very possibly a lot of debt--that's just sneaky slavery. You can call it indentured servitude--but it's forced labor without pay.
Particularly when it is illegal to be homeless, and the government is hunting homeless people.
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@smutmag@mstdn.social 2026-09-24 14:30
When I was a kid, it was very much so hammered home not just that it was possible to get yourself a job that changes the world, but that you SHOULD. That it's a moral thing to work hard for the benefit of the country. Are we going to do that at Wal-Mart? I'm very wary of the push for socialism, and it's not at all because I don't believe in a safety net or hate sharing. And it's not because I think people who receive benefits are lazy. I'm going to the doctor today, courtesy of Medi-Cal. But