Do you think Bloomberg could’ve won last time if he spent all his money?
With a net worth of $55.9 billion, 2020 candidate Michael Bloomberg is more than 17 times richer than Trump
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FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Slavery may have been abolished, but as politics proves, you can buy anyone in the United States.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I doubt it. People didn’t like him much.
BigWheelPowerBrakeSlider@lemmy.world 6 months ago
People don’t like Rick Scott but he spent enough of his money to get elected. And Bloomberg is 50 fold wealthier. And Bloomberg seems much more personable. So I don’t know.
Revan343@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Also, slavery wasn’t abolished
can@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
There you go saying prisoners are people again
TheFriar@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Disgusting thinking. Can you imagine
KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Let’s quickly forget and go back to joking about prison rape.
veloxization@yiffit.net 6 months ago
Ah, the “except” in Amendment XIII.
amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
Until 1942*
Revan343@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Slavery is still legal in the US now, they just need to be convicted of a crime first. Easy enough to find crimes to put people away for, and you can even selectively enforce laws against the people/race you don’t like
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 6 months ago
Okay but that still makes Taylor Swift owning Kanye illegal because she is a private person.
Vespair@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Good thing the force behind enforcing laws and charging people as criminals is famously good-natured and held to the highest of accountability standards to prevent any possible corruption!
Oh wait.
amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
That is not slavery, convict leasing was (worse) slavery.