• PunnyName@lemmy.world
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    Just like you can quit your job any time you want?

    Damn the consequences or any repercussions. Because there’s always the freedom of being destitute.

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        They’re incarcerated while I presume you are not. Apart from all the involuntary aspects of prison life, inmates are not allowed to negotiate individually or organize for better pay and conditions. They cannot choose a different employer. The freedom to choose to go to the fire camp or stay within the prison under conditions designed to coerce them to work isn’t really freedom. They’re slaves.