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[-] Please_Do_Not@lemm.ee 111 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And I'd be more likely to vote for the one who actually went to prison somehow.

[-] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 70 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Please_Do_Not@lemm.ee 52 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Delusional@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah overall in general Martha isn't a massive piece of shit failure of a human being but that other fuckstick is.

[-] prowess2956@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

And boy, can she make an apple strudel

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It's a good thing.

I am only voting for her if there is pie

[-] Neato@ttrpg.network 46 points 1 year ago

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...

[-] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 year ago

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!

[-] rimmedalpha@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 year ago

It's just called legislating.

[-] scorpious@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

most of us will never be in that position

But if you were..

[-] Neato@ttrpg.network 5 points 1 year ago

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

[-] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

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!

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And it's a crime most politicians are already committing.

[-] elliot_crane@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

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”.

[-] sxan@midwest.social 50 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Martha Stewart was railroaded. Members of Congress - and some of the worst are members of my own party - regularly do worse.

Oh, but, yeah, sincerely: the meme is clever and funny.

[-] mPony@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago

yeah but Martha is actually likeable.

[-] TragicNotCute@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

It’s a good thing.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[-] mPony@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I can make my own cakes. They're quite good.

[-] dditty@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago

Didn't Arnold also host The Apprentice?

[-] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago

Foreshadowing

[-] OttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

would not of had

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

[-] enleeten@discuss.online 11 points 1 year ago

It wasn't a TV show, it was crime school.

[-] demizerone@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I'd take Martha baking over Trumps any day!

[-] ares35@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

and that's pretty much where the similarities end.

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