hater-of-terfs: theconcealedweapon: cloakstone69: superunfriendlyreminder: Literally didn’t kn
hater-of-terfs:theconcealedweapon:cloakstone69:superunfriendlyreminder:Literally didn’t know thisAnd Republicans have gerrymandered conservative precincts to include prisons, which count convicts as residents to boost delegate numbers, but THEY STILL AREN’T ALLOWED TO VOTE.In other words, the 3/5 compromise, where slaves can’t vote but are counted toward the population, still exists also.The 13th amendment literally defines prison labor as slavery, and makes an explicit exception for it:“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States“Slavery is still permitted and carried out in the US. This isn’t metaphor or hyperbole, it’s explicit legal fact -- source link
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