• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      22 days ago

      Less Robin Hood. More John Brown.

      I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think vainly, flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done.

      ~ Charlestown, Virginia Dec 2, 1859

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        22 days ago

        And we still screwed it up and let the south keep slavery for 100 years just changing the name to Jim Crow.

        And now they’ve finally won their civil war, segregation academies are coming back and everything .

    • Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works
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      22 days ago

      Robin Hood only took money from the rich. Luigi took life (allegedly), and scared the other rich folks enough to allow some life (healthcare) for the plebs for some short time.