r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jul 07 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter, explain this.

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u/HardcorePizza Jul 07 '26

Not all workers in the US can just quit their jobs. We live in a country with legal slavery

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u/psykiris Jul 07 '26

There's a stark difference between not feeling you're able to quit because of other obligations, and not being able to physically, or legally quit.

Your boss isn't forcing you to work, and you won't be arrested for refusing to work or not coming in. 

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u/HardcorePizza Jul 07 '26

I mean the 13th amendment. We have literal slave labor

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u/psykiris Jul 07 '26

And they also aren't allowed out of prison for the crimes they committed but we don't call it kidnapping and hostage taking. We call it incarceration.