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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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Why surrender before you have even tried? Think about what you are accomplishing with your comments before posting because right now all you're doing is demoralizing your own side.
Sorry, I wasn’t being clear. I was talking specifically about controlling an unethical auction by threatening the bankers. Nowadays things are handled more or less digitally so somebody from another location entirely could sweep in and buy the property even if the local community was against it.
Demoralize? You are on the verge of being a monarchy. And the most you guys do is hold signs and cry.
An entire nation of cowards.