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RE: Abolish Slavery!?!? Don't Be Crazy! (How to Short Circuit a Common Statist Defense of Government)
Slavery still exists. It's called Debt slavery. You also can avoid police services by having private security or even a bodyguard. Actually living without a state would be good as all the taxes and licenses would be removed. You personally would probably end up spending more on security if the state was removed. I think the government is really bigger than ever because of fiat currency. It will be forced to shrink once the debt overwhelms the system.
Slavery still exists. The 13th amendment outlawed slavery for anyone not convicted of a crime. If you're in jail, you're free game for slavery.
I interpret that particular law as to provide a way to force prisoners to grow their own food and not be a burden on society. Not slave them out to corporations.
I wish our country likewise interpreted it that way. The private prison industry, replete with fill quotas, exists. Those people are slaves. And it's a tragedy.