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.
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Revan343@lemmy.ca 11 months agoSlavery 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
Vespair@lemm.ee 11 months ago
amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
That is not slavery, convict leasing was (worse) slavery.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 11 months ago
Okay but that still makes Taylor Swift owning Kanye illegal because she is a private person.
superduperenigma@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’m sure she could put some of that $700M towards buying a private prison and then bribing the cops, the D.A., and the judge to get sentenced there.
can@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Hell, for a mentally unwell black man they’ll do it for free.
KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 11 months ago
She could totally own him in Fortnite
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 11 months ago
At least theoretically.
IDK about you, but I can picture Kanye playing that from time to time and low key kicking ass far more than I can picture her doing it.
Froyn@kbin.social 11 months ago
Horrible site, I know, but...
https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/mcdonalds-kfc-burger-king-wendys-convict-leasing-suit-in-alabama/702375
Or is that different because they're publicly traded companies?
Cort@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Wait, so if Kanye gets convinced of a crime, T-swift could buy the private prison where he’s serving his sentence and then effectively own Kanye? Is a billion dollars enough to buy a prison? They can’t be that expensive, right?