Wage labor is a form of slavery that helps to maintain and perpetuate classism

.. Con: "I agree that there are different forms of slavery" "I agree that wage slavery is not the same as chattel slavery. "My resolution: Wage labor is a FORM of slavery that helps to maintain and perpetuate classismAs wage labor is classified as a form of slavery, given as an example in the definition cited and referenced by Con, I do not see a need to prove this as it is not my definition. Con did not dispute the definition until it was used in my argument. I would like the reader to note that Con is citing, referencing, and clinging to a definition that, to this point, she has not documented. Furthermore, she is attempting to Con both me and the reader into accepting her definition of slavery as the standard. As Con has not proven herself to be a lexicographer, I do not accept her definition as the only definition of slavery. analogous:adjectivecomparable in certain respects, typically in a way that makes clearer the nature of the things compared. Wage slavery refers to a situation where a worker's livelihood depends on wages, especially when the dependence is total and immediate. It is a pejorative term used to draw an analogy between slavery and wage labor by focusing on similarities between owning and renting a person. [3]Circular Reasoning Defense"Both slaves and wage slaves have employers. .Wage slavery is the same as slavery. "My comparison did not depend solely on both slaves and wage slaves having employers. I stated wage labor is analogous to slavery. Employment ContractRather than going tit for tat with my opponent I will provide an example that illustrates how wage labor is analogous to slavery, even within Con's constricted and astringed guidelines as to what slavery is. Prison Industrial Complex. .a prison population of up to 2 million "mostly Black and Hispanic" are working. .for a pittance. For the tycoons who have invested. .it has been like finding a pot of gold. . [no] strikes. . unemployment insurance, vacations or comp time. .workers are full-time, and never. .late or are absent because of family problems. .if they dont like the pay of 25 cents an hour and refuse to work, they are locked up in isolation cells. .. . 'no other society in human history has imprisoned so many of its own citizens. '. .. the United States has locked up more people than any other country: a half million more than China, which has a population five times greater than the U. S. .. the US holds 25% of the world's prison population, but only 5% of the world's people. .What has happened. .. Why are there so many prisoners? [It] is one of the fastest-growing industries in the [US] and its investors are on Wall Street. .the federal prison industry produces 100% of all military helmets, amm[o] belts, bullet-proof vests, ID tags, shirts. .Along with war supplies, prison workers supply 98% of the entire market for equipment assembly services; 93% of paints and paintbrushes;. .. [and people wonder where the jobs went? ]CRIME GOES DOWN, JAIL POPULATION GOES UPFactors that increase the profit potential. . :- Jailing persons convicted of non-violent crimes, long prison sentences, three strikes" laws. .. a prisoner who for stealing a car and two bicycles received three 25-year sentences. , Longer sentences, A large expansion of work, More punishment of prisoners, HISTORY OF PRISON LABOR IN THE UNITED STATESPrison labor has its roots in slavery. .a system of 'hiring out prisoners' was introduced in order to continue the slavery tradition. Freed slaves were charged with not carrying out their sharecropping commitments. .or petty thievery " which were almost never proven " and were then hired out" for cotton picking. .in the state of Georgia, 88% of hired-out convicts were Black. In Alabama, 93% of hired-out miners were Black. .a huge prison farm similar to the old slave plantations replaced the system of hiring out convicts. The notorious Parchman plantation existed until 1972. .. Jim Crow racial segregation laws were imposed on every state, with legal segregation in schools. .and many other aspects of daily life. Today, a new set of markedly racist laws is imposing slave labor and sweatshops on the criminal justice system, now known as the prison industry complex. Who is investing? At least 37 states. .. IBM, Boeing, Motorola, Microsoft. .. and more. .between 1980 and 1994, profits went up from $392 million to $1.31 billion. Wages. .in Colorado, they get about $2 per hour, well under the minimum. .privately-run prisons, they receive as little as 17 cents per hour for a maximum of six hours a day, the equivalent of $20 per month. .in Tennessee. . prisoners receive 50 cents per hour for what they call 'highly skilled positions. '[Land of the Free? .. .Home of the Brave New Third World]. .Third World labor markets. .In Texas, a factory fired its 150 workers and contracted the services of prisoner-workers . . [Former] Oregon State Representative Kevin Mannix recently urged Nike to cut its production in Indonesia. PRIVATE PRISONS . .Private prisons receive a guaranteed amount of money for each prisoner, independent of what it costs to maintain each one. .. sentences reduced for 'good behavior,'. .. for any infraction, they get 30 days added. .. more profits. .. inmates lost 'good behavior time'" at a rate eight times higher than those in state prisons. IMPORTING AND EXPORTING INMATESProfits are so good that now there is. .. importing inmates with long sentences. .the CCA signed contracts with sheriffs in poor counties to build and run new jails and share the profits. .. STATISTICS- 97% of 125,000 federal inmates have been convicted of non-violent crimes. - It is believed more than half of the 623,000 inmates in municipal or county jails are innocent of the crimes they are accused of. - Two-thirds of the one million state prisoners have committed non-violent offenses. - 16% of the country's 2 million prisoners suffer from mental illness. [1]NB:- Prisoners are threatened (isolation) and punished (isolated) if they refuse to work. (Coercion)- Isolation is a form of torture. [2]- The prisoners signed no contract- There is a 'race' and class component to prison labor- Prison labor has direct ties to slaves and slavery- Con concedes maintenance of classism, specifically (age by omission) and somwhat race and sex- Analagous to slavery, prison labor is sponsored by the gov't to make profit from cheap labor- As these prisoners are being bullied into work, so are the majority of low wage laborers. The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons. .Fyodor Dostoevsky". .Consider Immigrants. .". .the process through which European American immigrants became 'white'. Roediger. .has argued that Italians were 'working toward whiteness. ' That is, though they were seen as 'not yet white' upon immigration, they learned quickly that becoming 'white' had its rewards. .part of this process involved distancing themselves from 'African-Americans' to prove their whiteness. Hence, new immigrants quickly learn that the worst they can be is 'black', and their consciousness of an in-between racial status has led to a desire for a literal distance from 'African-Americans. ' [4] Thus, immigrants have proved their 'whiteness' by continuing the process of discrimination against 'blacks'. These false social concepts are promoted to mainatain classism and discrimination. ". .moot point. .Civil Rights Act. .prohibits the legal discrimination. .on the basis of things like sex and race. . "First, there is proof racism still exists. [5] Second, Con admits that sexual discrimination still exists by stating 'while this is true. . ', yet, attempts to ignore the reality of 'racism' and ageism for the purpose of her argument. Thus, "the claim that wage labor is 'voluntary'. .. etc" it's still a red herring. Livable Wage vs. Cost of LivingAnswered - left for reader to decide. Working to DeathMost. .in blue-collar professions were incapable of saving for their old age because wages have stagnated and not kept pace with the cost of living. Sadly, most Americans may as well get used to the idea that 'traditional retirement'" means having to work until they drop dead just to survive. [6] He is free, you say. Ah! That is his misfortune. .These men . . [have] the most terrible, the most imperious of masters, that is, need. .They must therefore find someone to hire them, or die of hunger. Is that to be free? .. Simon Linguet [3]"work because they want to"They labor for love not necessity. .. Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. .. ConfuciusThe problem is people don't choose food, clothing and shelter they require them. experience demonstrates that there may be a slavery of wages only a little less galling and crushing in its effects than chattel slavery, and that this slavery of wages must go down with the other. .Frederick Douglas [3]Sources:. http://www.globalresearch.ca... [1]. http://ccrjustice.org... [2]. http://en.wikipedia.org... [3]Covert Racism: Theories, Institutions, and Experiences Rodney D. Coatespg. 162 [4]. http://www.huffingtonpost.com... [5]. http://www.politicususa.com... [6]