Comment on Someone didn't think out the implications.

• 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

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  • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Okay but that still makes Taylor Swift owning Kanye illegal because she is a private person.

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    • 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.

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      • can@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Hell, for a mentally unwell black man they’ll do it for free.

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    • 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?

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      • 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?

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    • KISSmyOS@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      She could totally own him in Fortnite

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      • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That is not slavery, convict leasing was (worse) slavery.

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