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"Penny Auction" at a farm, with a noose as a warning to bank agents who might attempt to bid, Michigan, USA, Great Depression, 1936
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Ah, I meant explicitly to force banks to back off from predatory loans.
No Kings is doing fantastic work though, I won’t deny that.
Yeah, a noose wouldn't work today. It'll be an anonymous phone bid that wins, if there is anything unusual happening in person.
Are they? What have they actually achieved other than large gatherings of people?
No one can do anything alone.
Well don't you know? If only Russians protested, they would've overthrown Putin already, and the war with Ukraine wouldn't be a thing. That's what USians on Reddit keep saying, so it must be true. Nevermind the Bolotnaya protest, or the endless years-long protesting across the far-east and northern regions, or the 2020-21 protests in Belarus, those don't count. Just need to protest more, pease bro, one more protest, it will solve authoritarianism.