lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?message-squaremessage-square142fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
arrow-up19arrow-down1message-squareWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square142fedilink
minus-squareAsafum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoNot so fun fact: the constitution allows for slavery as long as it’s a punishment for a crime. Hmmm… Nah, those dots don’t connect at all.
minus-squarezkikiz@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoAnd many plantations converted to prisons that are still in operation to this day. And many states can’t reduce their prison populations because then they’d lose free labor. And some states use prison labor to staff the governor’s mansion with butlers.
Not so fun fact: the constitution allows for slavery as long as it’s a punishment for a crime.
Hmmm… Nah, those dots don’t connect at all.
And many plantations converted to prisons that are still in operation to this day.
And many states can’t reduce their prison populations because then they’d lose free labor.
And some states use prison labor to staff the governor’s mansion with butlers.