The XIII Amendment (to the U.S. Constitution, ratified 12/6/1865) reads:
Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
So, according to our constitution once you're convicted of a crime you become a slave (life sentence) or an involuntary servant (term sentence).
This in a country that produces hundreds and thousands of new laws every day. This in a country where (as of October 2013) we have the highest incarceration rate in the world at 716 per 100,000 of the national population. We have about 4.4 percent of the world's population and 22 percent of the world's prisoners.
This in a country where almost 8% of African American men age 25-54 are in prison - many for acts that aren't considered crimes in other parts of the world. Pay scale for federal prisoners is $0.12-$0.40. Many prisons are privately owned and profits go to corporations. Most of the profits are then distributed through dividends and capital gains to wealthy landowners.
How much of a stretch is it to call prisoners slaves? Was the civil war truly fought to free the slaves or is it possible there is there another agenda at work? This is one of many, many examples today of the "Lizard People" (deep state, globalists, elites, military-industrial complex, cabal - whatever you want to call them) implementing a strategy over time to control and impoverish "We The People" (aka "Useless Eaters" as they call us).
I think of this situation as a dot. When you get enough dots it's hard to argue they don't form a big picture. The greater our awareness of the big picture the greater the chance we can bring about changes that will make life and the world a better place for all of us.
We are on the same side. We need to stop allowing ourselves to think in terms of Republicans vs. Democrats --or-- blacks vs. whites --or-- Christians vs. Muslims --or-- Muslims vs. Jews --or-- USA vs. Russia --or-- citizens vs. police or any of the other myriad ways they divide us.
We The People are all on the same side. The true competition is The Lizard People vs. We The People.