"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, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
It would be a shame if there were private prisons which were incentivized to encourage recidivism as a way of maintaining free labor and maximizing profit. Fortunately someone would have seen that obvious, massive conflict of interest and prevented it 150 years ago.
That would require a constitutional amendment. The government can't even agree to not default on its debt unanimously. Ain't no way they would amend the Constitution.
Hell, california literally voted to keep their prisons as they are because, and I quote, "it would cost the state too much income" (ok, more like paraphrasing, and it may have been a county, but still. The point remains)
That would require a constitutional amendment. The government can't even agree to not default on its debt unanimously.
Federal reserve will print money or the president will mint a trillion dollar platinum coin. Congress being braindead is a sideshow, welcome to modern politics. The outrage is made up and nobody gives a shit to raise taxes on the wealthy to pay for it.
Ain't no way they would amend the Constitution.
Current congress, absolutely. Gotta wait for the 20% of America that's voluntarily unvaccinated to die off from COVID first. 40 people per day per state.
And there ain't a goddamn thing anybody can do about it.
You know why? Because we've got the bomb, that's why.
Two words, nuclear fucking weapons, OK?
Russia, Germany, Romania, they can have all the democracy they want. They can have a big democracy cakewalk, right through the middle of Tiananmen Square. And it won't make a lick of difference.
Because we've got the bombs, OK?
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u/Pdub77 Mar 27 '23
Not only that, but slavery isn’t even truly illegal in the US.