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[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 66 points 1 year ago (3 children)

They got wise to that and called in the police and military to help them.

[–] fidodo@lemm.ee 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They did that back in the day too.

[–] Cabrio@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

“A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit.” over the bodies of tyrants

[–] joborun@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

and from which trees many fascists will hang

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah, too unreliable - the worst of the lot hired private armies to assault and murder strikers.

[–] DarthBueller@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Pinkertons literally became the FBI and CIA.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] cuacamole@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago

Hope you dont spoil those magic cards

[–] aaron_griffin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

The military has carpet bombed coal miners who organized. Killed families. It's always been this way