• @ch00f
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    608 hours ago

    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.

    • @Eheran
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      128 hours ago

      So you have a source for that? Sounds plausible but also too good to be true.

      • @ch00f
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        4 hours ago

        NYTimes, July 12, 1952

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

      • @baldingpudenda
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        257 hours ago

        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.

        • @[email protected]
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          124 hours ago

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

          • @[email protected]
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            129 minutes ago

            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.

      • @DerArzt
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        107 hours ago

        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

        • @[email protected]
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          24 hours ago

          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