Forced deportations: Second Step towards a slave society

The recent photographs of immigrants to the United States who were deported and now are being held captive in El Salvador’s CECOT prison (not their country of citizenship) without any right of appeal was released to the public for a reason. It was not simply to show immigrants how cruel the Trump administration can be. Nor was it meant simply as a threat to those who might want to resist the assault on the rights of free citizens.

These images are intended to prepare us for a new slave society, that is to say a society in which there are classes of people who have no rights and who can be abused, or killed, at the whim of their owners.

It has not been that long since we had a slave society in the United States. And to some degree slavery never completely ended. Just look at the illustrations of slave boats from the 18th century and you can see what message is being broadcast to citizens of the United States, and of the earth, by these photos. This is about what our future will be.

When Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem visited the CECOT prison, she was demonstrating that a new reality has come into bloom and that we will be forced to watch it, and to accept it, and to participate in it at some level or another. That is why all this is not being hidden from view. Of course, we were already using I-phones made by “workers in name alone” slaves in Vietnam and Thailand.

The fact that most of these people behind bars were innocent of crimes, and that many were legal residents, was no mistake, rather it was a central part of the whole show. If the state says you are a slave, you are a slave. No questions can be asked. The Supreme Court gave a toothless ruling saying that those ordered to be deported must be given a chance to challenge their deportations. But if you are locked up in a private prison in Alabama, that could be difficult.

It is interesting how little of the discussion in the alternative media addresses the question of the reimposition of slavery on citizens and the emergence of a new slave society. Perhaps people think that say that goes too far? Maybe they do not want to face such an ugly truth? Or perhaps there is some dirty secret, like a bit of money passing from hand to hand behind the curtain? But the basic truth is that once the concentration of wealth reaches a certain point, the imposition of slavery is an inevitable consequence. I think a lot of economists already knew this, but stayed quiet because they wanted their research grants.

I want to stress that when I declared myself a candidate for president in February, 2020, I made slavery central in my platform.

See “Plank Five” of my platform:

5) 13th Amendment demands the end of slavery

The 13th Amendment of our Constitution explicitly prohibits slavery. Yet our citizens are forced into debt by the dishonest and deceitful actions of banks, the privatization of education, and the spread of slave labor practices through factories and warehouses.

In addition, citizens are thrown in prisons, often on trumped-up charges, and forced to work for no pay under humiliating conditions for the benefit of corporations.

American workers are treated with contempt by multinational corporations that pretend to be American. Even public servants, policemen, and the military are treated as slaves, by the corporations that have seized control of our government.

Education and healthcare have been purposely privatized so as to create a population of debt slaves.

These despicable practices must be ended, without exception, through the rigorous application of the 13th amendment in the United States.

The Pastreich for President Platform