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Battle of Blair Mountain

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Battle of Blair Mountain

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain?wprov=sfla1

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    Working class people in the coal mining region of west virginia today: “Keep those filthy socialists out of our government! We don’t want our tax money paying for welfare for the needy!”

    …while also being on welfare…

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      They’ll learn fast when the robber barrons slink back.

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        They’ll learn fast

        No they won’t. They won’t learn anything ever.

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        That’s optimistic of you.

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        Ah fuck.

        But that map doesn’t even extend to West Virginia. Looks like most of it is concentrated in Maine.

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          The Appalachain Rainforest is resource rich, they always come back.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_temperate_rainforest?wprov=sfla1

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      Capital has been festering division for most of this country’s history. It used racism to keep labor weak.

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