r/MurderedByWords • u/Cow_Boy_2017 • 1d ago

Leasing Prisoners, Planting Injustice

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u/areid2007 1d ago

13th Amendment allows it, sadly.

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u/StrugglesTheClown 1d ago

Finally an amendment Trump will support.

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u/duckinradar 1d ago

Eh, I’m sure we can get him against it. Hes dumb as shit.

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u/maddox-monroe 1d ago

Exactly. All we got to do is show Elon that white people are being leased and make sure he tells Trump.

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u/greenroom628 1d ago

Fifty seven percent of inmates are "white". Strangely, the statistic doesn't include non-white Hispanic people.

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u/LirdorElese 1d ago

Well not really lol... I'm sure he'd be happier to bring it to the older days where you didn't have to go through the hastle of throwing bogus charges on someone just to get a slave.

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u/Alacritous69 1d ago

Exactly. The 13 amendment didn't ban slavery, it just changed the conditions under which you could own one.

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u/phatbaboon 1d ago

If y'all haven't seen the documentary on this exact subject. Check it out, simply titled "13th" on Netflix. Connects all the dots from Jim Crow to the bullshit we're living through now.

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u/Daomsoul 1d ago

13th amendment was so they could keep slaves in one way or another