Please make note that the 13th Amendment specifically allows for involuntary servitude specifically as punishment for a crime. Also make note that throughout history, for racist reasons, the prison was used as a way to continue slavery and as a new kind of plantation. Slaves who were freed were then arrested for vagrancy and other poverty related crimes, sent to prison, and forced to work indefinitely. This is all documented in the history books for those who don't remember.
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yup, they get paid like $1-$5 a day
would have been bad in the 60s
Still pretty average on STEEMIT though hahaha
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I do feel that in the long run this platform will reward high quality content
it's taking a while to get there, but it is slowly improving
Yeah its still in beta so the platform is in its baby steps. Thats why those of us here now shouldn't be content woth what we have. We should be pushing forward because the growth is inevitable. Things dont just have a lot of users and disappear overnight, except Snapchat hahaha. OK I am drinking the Kool-Aid. I just think Steemit is a great place to go instead of the google or bing homepage. Not tour average mainstream media outlet saying the same thing over and over. Resteem? Haha. Shameless.
I definitely don't remember because I am in my early 30's but a picture says more than a thousand words. History is a messed up thing. That is why it's important now to look towards the future so we don't say "jeez what the hell were we thinking believing THAT was OK?"