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 11 months ago
Slavery may have been abolished, but as politics proves, you can buy anyone in the United States.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I doubt it. People didn’t like him much.
BigWheelPowerBrakeSlider@lemmy.world 11 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 11 months ago
Also, slavery wasn’t abolished
can@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
There you go saying prisoners are people again
TheFriar@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Disgusting thinking. Can you imagine
KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Let’s quickly forget and go back to joking about prison rape.
veloxization@yiffit.net 11 months ago
Ah, the “except” in Amendment XIII.
amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Until 1942*
Revan343@lemmy.ca 11 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 11 months ago
Okay but that still makes Taylor Swift owning Kanye illegal because she is a private person.
Vespair@lemm.ee 11 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 11 months ago
That is not slavery, convict leasing was (worse) slavery.