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[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 69 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 18 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 6 points 1 year ago

and from which trees many fascists will hang

[–] Kodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.dev 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

But thats the thing. Those who sit at the shade, will grow spoiled, fat and greedy and will enslave others to plant more trees from which they themselves will benefit from. "Hard times create great men. Great men create good times, good times create weak men, weak men creat hard times.".

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 17 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 15 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 9 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