• FunkyStuff [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    Isn’t this literally the justification that was given for the three fifths compromise? Isn’t this literally just KKKolonizer brain talking? Why does anyone take this clown seriously?

      • robot_dog_with_gun [they/them]@hexbear.net
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        would be counted for their owners’ representation in the house.

        the us government was of and for white men, more people than white men were counted for any census and for portioning the house but that wasn’t representation for women, non-landowning men, slaves, minor children, or any natives who managed not to get kicked out of the area (the census might’ve skilled the latter)