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Urzl (gooba42@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 07:16:14 JST Urzl
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@thomasfuchs I can't find anything to empathize with in this stuff. There's just zero common ground between this faction of maniacal oligarchs and humanity.
They want all the money but they also want to destroy everything of value. There won't even be anything left to buy when they're done.

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  Dan Riley (dan131riley@federate.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 08:32:53 JST Dan Riley
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  @thomasfuchs great, let’s just fence it all off and use it for grazing sheep. Surely that hasn’t been tried before?
  
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  Dan Riley (dan131riley@federate.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 08:38:34 JST Dan Riley
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  @thomasfuchs https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sheep_wars&diffonly=true
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    Sheep wars
    
    The sheep wars, or the sheep and cattle wars, were a series of armed conflicts in the Western United States fought between sheepmen and cattlemen over grazing rights. Sheep wars occurred in many western states, though they were most common in Texas, Arizona, and the border region of Wyoming and Colorado. Generally, the cattlemen saw the sheepherders as invaders who destroyed the public grazing lands, which they had to share on a first-come, first-served basis. Between 1870 and 1920, approximately 120 engagements occurred in eight states or territories. At least 54 men were killed and some 50,000 to over 100,000 sheep were slaughtered. Cattle ranching was a well established trade in Texas by 1870, when sheepherding was starting to become popular in other parts of the Old West. Because of this, in Texas and elsewhere, many cattlemen had close relationships with local government figures and were able to use this influence to their advantage. According to one unnamed Texas historian, "In court action, the cowboy [cattleman] usually won." The sheepherders were always the weaker of the antagonists. They were often advocates of free grazing on public land, while...

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