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      Probably because her crime was one that we could all kind of see ourselves doing.

      Plus, as far as I remember, she didn’t bitch about it or try to blame everyone else.

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        Also probably since she isn’t a rapist making aggressively bigoted remarks every single day. Or a bunch of other things…

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        FYI: don’t lie to the IRS about cheating on your taxes. Rich people have tons of ways to avoid contributing to society. But if you lie to the IRS about it and they find out, you’re fucked.

        Probably because her crime was one that we could all kind of see ourselves doing.

        She was convicted on insider trading because she got insider information from the CEO ahead of an FDA ruling. This is some rich people bullshit so I’d contend most of us will never be in that position. She was also on the board of directors for the New York Stock Exchange so…

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          For Americans, it seems like the easiest way to do insider trading is to first get elected to Congress. Then you can do as much insider trading as you want!

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            I’d pay my fucking taxes and not screw over typical investors with insider trading. We’re not all scumbags.

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          You are totally right. I knew she was a top stockbroker when there were like 0 women in that role. But I didn’t know she was on the board:

          https://www.cbsnews.com/news/martha-stewart-quits-nyse-board/

          She was way too financially sophisticated to have done such a basic stupid thing. Also, I believe she didn’t just plead out. I feel like anyone who did plead guilty would just get probation and be banned from trading securities for a few years.

          That’s a death sentence for someone who works in finance but not for her. She sold magazines!

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      I feel like Martha Stewart could probably get elected president if she put her mind to it. Imagine the headlines, “President Stewart bakes delicious cookies for peace summit, all attending countries agree to sign legislation banning proliferation of WMDs”.

      • No, but I’m a registered Democrat. I’ve lived in several states, and not all of them allow you to vote in their primaries of you’re not a registered member. So the Democrat party is my party.

        Now, if we ever get rid of the electoral college, and replace FPtP with approval out ranked-choice voting (or, almost literally anything else besides FPtP), that’ll change. But for now, I accept the reality that we vote for the lesser of two evils, or we throw away our vote in a futile, and unnoticed, gesture.

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        You can be a member of a party without being a politician. As far as I understand it (I could be wrong, not American), the process for signing up in the US is a state-by-state thing, not at the federal level.

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    Martha should of run for congress or senate then her insider trading would be allowed and she would not of had any trouble.

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      would not of had

      I understand where this misspelling comes from, but I find it difficult to parse.

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    One of these felons is electable, as she has only done* what a bunch of congress has. She’ll fit right in!

    Edit: Ducking Autocorrect. Sorry for the confusion.

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      and i wouldn’t want to see diaper don on the cover of sports illustrated swimsuit edition.