In a stunning admission, Leavitt told Bartiromo that mandatory conscription – not seen since the Vietnam War – had not been ruled out by her boss.

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    they will just put you into a work concentration camp where people will beat you to do those things for free

    slave labor is on the table as it has always been here in the usa

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      Britain did this during WWII. Over 10% of their draftees were sent down into the fucking coal mines instead of going off to shoot nazis.

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      If my life is already forfeit at that point, then everything I do will be in retaliation. A person with nothing left to lose is the most dangerous person. If everyone came with that attitude, it would make anything like conscription a nightmare.

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      I would argue slave labor never went away in your wonderful country. It’s just dressed up a little differently. See: for profit prison system.

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        Prisoners are excplicitly allowed to be used as slaves as per 13th amendment. It doesn’t sugarcoat or rationalize it, just states that you can keep slaves if you’re punishing them for a crime.