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Slavery today is "convict leasing" -- https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-alabama-3b2c7e414c681ba545dc1d0ad30bfaf5

The profiteers include state governments and corporations.

And the system relies on creating lots of new convicts. That's "law and order" in America these days, and expect it to get much, much worse.

Note: This is updated. the expression "convict leasing" was new to me but is not new.