Poor people and minorities are who are in prison. Removing voting rights from those groups is a feature, not a flaw, in my opinion.

To be clear, I'm saying it's garbage, but it's garbage very much on purpose.

dylan604 15 hours ago | parent | next [-]

We’re in agreement here. Just like the bail system. Working as intended if not as designed.

Exactly. It is a form of modern day slavery in many US states.

	▲	toss1 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Just wait until the current regime finishes their plans, which include hacking the exception in Section 1 of the Thirteenth Amendment [0] to bring back slavery for prisoners. >> Section 1. 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. The person occupying the Vice President's chair stated clearly [1] "Medicaid cuts in Senate tax bill 'immaterial' compared to ICE increases". They aren't building all those for-profit prisons for nothing. Beware. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_Un... [1] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/01/vanc...

dotnet00 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

And of course, even if the rich go to prison and lose the ability to actually vote, they have the ability to support/earn favors by donating.