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[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain

Union workers got bombed by company men in the skirmishes and the fucking president had to send in troops to stop the fighting.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

LOL they really did successfully rewrite the history on that one. The troops fought WITH the companies, not against them. The only reason they backed off is because they were losing. Had they continued, the legitimacy of the regime would have been brought into question. Not only because they were literally going to war with its own citizens, but also that those citizens were absolutely kicking their fucking asses.

We're talking about an empire that could barely hold their own when fighting against a nonviolent people with primitive technology, and then went on to lose a war against fucking farmers in Vietnam. The odds couldn't be further in their favor and yet they keep collecting Ls. If people collectively realized just how much of a complete joke these fascist clowns are, they would run away pissing themselves crying. God only knows what would happen if a nation actually engaged them in war on their soil. They're not even at war and the entire place is already crumbling.