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Joe Exotic posts on instagram that his husband was deported by ICE after years of shilling for Donald Trump.

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[–] Renohren@lemmy.today 46 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

I checked it out and about 4.4 million US citizens cannot vote (excluding the real 51st state: Puerto-Rico) including 1/19 blacks. That's crazy, it's as if the country is setup for a one party system from the get go. You don't need huge prisoner cohorts to make the 3% difference needed for you to remain in power while maintaining an illusion of democracy.

[–] SippyCup@feddit.nl 23 points 5 days ago

This was by design and started shortly after the civil war. During reconstruction when the South was effectively occupied there was a decade or so where it looked like black people might actually enjoy some enfranchisement. But then the dirty compromise happened and Jim Crow took over. Suddenly black people were going to jail for the most minor infractions, and if they couldn't get them to break the law, they just lied and said they did anyway.

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 21 points 5 days ago (1 children)

German here.

Amazing, right? I found out a few years ago. Between this, gerrymandering and 2 right parties, that hasnt been a democracy for a long time.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You have to understand that it's impressive we got as democratic as we are. Our democracy began with caususes of landowning white men above the age of 21. We were in many ways modeled after the Roman republic, which was also a clusterfuck

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Looking how it's going worldwide I should be impressed it lasted as long as it did.