RE: The Abolition Amendment

At the moment in time, it's clear that most people do not think that "slavery" is much of an issue.

But this amendment will become increasingly important as more and more laws are produced without the knowledge of "we the people," and without our influence or desire.

Laws are made that are simply too long and complex for us to read, and thus, we cannot at any given moment know exactly what the full law actually is.

One grave risk is being tried for crimes that are not currently crimes. We know that it is easy to use a computer to store text, video, audio, and images, of what a person does with their life, and thus a person doing something legal today could very well be charged with a crime tomorrow.

As it is, grandfather clauses exist, to prevent being tried with crimes that were committed before a law was made, yet, let's not be naive. It's not like this would be done by accident by a well-meaning congress or court. This would be due to a deliberate subversion of justice, in order to attack a certain demographic.

There are two extremely important aspects to take note of here.

Religion.

Politics.

There is a religion that is popular, and it speaks of an idea called "original sin," with the idea that we are inherently evil and guilty. No matter if this is true or not, the fact remains that the idea exists within a popular religion that all people could inherently be rounded up and turned into slaves, if it is not specifically protected against.

This is not something that will happen in times of peace and stability. But if the nation faces civil war, or another calamity, it is possible for religions to attempt to transform the nation into a theocracy, and thus enslave us using the idea that we break either religious law, or that we are simply inherently guilty of sin/crime, and that there is nothing at all stopping any random person from being tried for the sin of existence, and then being sentenced as a slave.

The second issue I mentioned is politics. There are political ideologies that have included forced labor for political dissidents, unwanted ethnic groups, and for anyone in the way, and these have existed in the past, and will surely be a risk to us in the future.

Gulags, camps, and all manner of horrors can exist that can take a technically innocent person, and turn them into a slave. All it takes is for a law to be written that justifies this.

Due to the extreme left/right divide that I think many people are seeing or feeling, it is clear that we are treading dangerous waters, and that it has become actually possible for a political faction or ideology to take control of the government and begin to implement forms of labor control or enslavement upon us.

Putting the Abolition Amendment into law would not protect us from an absolute take-over or corruption of the USA government. But it is still more than a mere vanity law. Having abolition carried out to the absolute maximum extent that is possible, which is the absolute negation and nullification of the valid idea of slavery or forced labor, will give all Americans the power to say:

"No, there is no crime that can ever turn me into a slave; even if I must be punished, I will still be free."