• ch00f@lemmy.world
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    Yeah though towns used to rule together to beat the shit out of bankers forclosing on widow’s homes, so that’s something we could start doing again.

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        NYTimes, July 12, 1952

        They ultimately got her, but they put up a hell of a fight.

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        local asshole gets shot by town, no witnesses the sheriff also conveniently left town after telling the group to not confront the guy and just form a neighborhood watch.

        I also remember reading an article about communities going to a widow’s home, armed, to tell the bank rep to fuck off. It included a picture of 6 to 8 men with rifles at a homestead with a sign saying not to harass the widow. I can’t find anything right now though.

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          I mean penny auctions were a well documented thing. Americans used to be metal. Wonder what happened?

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            Things were improving for quite awhile and folks got complacent, combone that with death of the community, the hard right switch of most churches, and talk radio and well make a fucken guess.

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        Not a banker, but there is the case of the town where most everyone was present for the murder, but nobody saw it happen Link

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          Imagine being such a piece of shit that absolutely everyone that saw you die and heard you died won’t snitch. That is a feat at this point