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andros_rex@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days ago

Who’s calling? Oklahoma prison inmates were making political calls for a conservative super PAC during the primary

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Who’s calling? Oklahoma prison inmates were making political calls for a conservative super PAC during the primary

www.kgou.org

andros_rex@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days ago
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Oklahoma prison inmates are working in call centers placing political calls and insurance telemarketing on behalf of outside companies, earning $2 an hour while a Virginia super PAC paid nearly $600,000 to the vendor for calls supporting conservative candidates — including calls made during Oklahoma's primary election season.
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  • FiniteBanjo@feddit.online
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    Reminiscent of slaves fighting for the Confederacy.

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        So your point is that now the majority of slaves in Oklahoma are poor white people?

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          The Science ACT kicked your ass, didn’t it?

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    It’s their vision for the future of labor that conservatives are jacking off to.

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    Slave labour is their whole brand.

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    By force no doubt

  • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world
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    Guess Trump is going to have to tariff Oklahoma.

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    That would be cool if they were able to organize and call for a progressive that would work on prison reform.

    Oh, but this is just slavery

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    Don’t worry, we won’t have to use slaves for this much longer. Soon we’ll be able to automate this with AI

    - Some tech bro startup, probably /s

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    Well now anytime someone calls me to tall politics Im going to remind them that I get to sleep at home tonight.

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