PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 24 days ago"Penny Auction" at a farm, with a noose as a warning to bank agents who might attempt to bid, Michigan, USA, Great Depression, 1936media.piefed.socialimagemessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up1371arrow-down10
arrow-up1371arrow-down1image"Penny Auction" at a farm, with a noose as a warning to bank agents who might attempt to bid, Michigan, USA, Great Depression, 1936media.piefed.socialPugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square49linkfedilink
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·24 days agoYep. They were family farms in the real sense. As self-made as it gets (while acknowledging here that a lot of land was stolen, offered for cheap or free by the government).
minus-squarezuckey78@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·24 days agoThat’s absolutely fair. The conversation of who owns the land, can land actually be owned, and what of the indigenous population is just as valuable.
Yep. They were family farms in the real sense. As self-made as it gets (while acknowledging here that a lot of land was stolen, offered for cheap or free by the government).
That’s absolutely fair. The conversation of who owns the land, can land actually be owned, and what of the indigenous population is just as valuable.