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Speaks for the people
9th November 2014, 13:52
The principle consequence of concepts like workfare is that companies can fire existing workers and get replacements forced to work for them for free. To me it is a form of chattel slavery under government ownership, and hence the UK govt is now the largest single slave holder in the world today.

Indeed, a number of UK super market chains have abandoned automated self-serve checkout systems simply because getting a government supplied forced slave is even cheaper than the cost of equipment once used to displace checkout workers.

Tim Cornelis
9th November 2014, 14:59
Slavery is an overstatement since it involves no ownership. Forced labour is applicable.