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capitalism ruins everything around me
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It's not true then, it's not true now.
Slaves were already barely profitable compared to paid labor before the civil war, and ~~slave labour~~ prison labour is only profitable because it's massively subsidized by the US government.
Same is actually true for most fossil fuel production now - only has profits because of subsidizing.
The folks profiting spend part of that profit to pay for politicians to continue the cycle.