While Californians look down at states that voted to re-elect Trump as some sort of backward civilization that demonstrates an immediate existential threat to the freedom of Americans, those same voters literally voted to keep slavery legal in the slate.

While the idea that slavery is still legal immediately defies popular belief, it very much is the case. The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution did not abolish slavery. Instead, it ended chattel slavery for private slave owners. Under the literal text of the amendment, slavery is still legal as a criminal punishment. In other words, slavery is legal as long as the slave master is the state.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-11-06/more-california-voters-support-slavery-electing-donald-trump-president