Comments by "Kameraden" (@Alte.Kameraden) on "The Nazi meaning behind Auschwitz’s “Work sets you free”" video.

  1. "Work sets you free" was a phrase used by a lot of Labor based Prisons. Including the Gulags. In America it was part of the idea of "Rehabilitation." Prisons were actually used in the USA as cheap SLAVE labor for generations. Road Building Projects, cutting grass and picking up trash. Making License Plates, etc etc etc. STATE owned Slavery using Prisoners in short to do often some of the most mundane work.
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  2. ​ @gargravarr2  I'd say YES and NO. 1. A lot of prisons have been corporatized outside the direct control of the Federal Government. 2. These "Business" like Prisons wouldn't get away with Enslavement like the Federal Government could back in the day. 3. Some Federal Prisons still exist, and still use prisoners for labor. Generally though Labor anymore in the prison system is frowned upon. If it exist it's often voluntary definitely in the Corporate style Correctional Facilities as they nicely call themselves. Which prisoners even get paid for it, though not much. Basically a prisoner can voluntary to work and get paid, being they have no living expenses it's not a bad deal for someone waiting out a prison sentence. Prisons also offer educational routes as well, if you didn't have a GED you can earn a GED while in Prison, and some college courses are also available to prisoners. It's not like Shawshank Redemption stereotypical days in short. But there was a period in American history starting some time in the late 19th Century which Forcing Prisoners to Work was considered necessary for Rehabilitation. As it was deemed someone who is stealing instead of working to earn their bread must be broken, so they must be fixed, sending them prison, learning how to "WORK" was the cure for their decease. It's no different than the Gulags in this context which Capitalist and those deemed enemies of the Working Class were enslaved and forced to "WORK" or die in the process, if they learned to work, they could be set free. Though sadly for many that didn't happen. They would often get set free in LABOR colonies so they could be continually exploited by the Soviet Government even after Stalin's death. So the idea/principle is sadly far more universal than just the Nazis or Communist. But I'd say the Nazis and Communist were the absolute worst as they'd work people to death. American prisons wouldn't get away with that has they would have to contend with the Court of Public Opinion, and worse.... being elected out of office. OH the HORROR.
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  3.  @classicalextremism  Then I've been lied to. lol
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