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		wolfgke on Nov 9, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “DRM is Used to Lock in, Control and Spy on Users” > What I essentially said was that nobody should be forced to work for unfair compensation. I'm not aware of any penal servitude in the United States.

pbtflakes on Nov 9, 2016 | [–]

It's right there in the 13th Amendment. Just look at FPI/UNICOR, a government-owned corporation founded in order to exploit prison labor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Prison_Industries

pessimizer on Nov 9, 2016 | [–]

Hence "we should accept that there will be less work created."

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