Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a>'s racist <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> says this 1933 scene in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a> is bad</p><p>But what's happening is good</p><p>A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bank</span></a> has foreclosed on a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/farmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farmer</span></a> and put their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/farm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farm</span></a> up for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/auction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auction</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neighbors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neighbors</span></a> have come to bid penny amounts to win the farm and return it</p><p>It was called a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pennyAuction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pennyAuction</span></a></p><p>The nooses are a threat to high bidders. Others roam the crowd with axe handles</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CollectiveAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CollectiveAction</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Community</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MutualAid</span></a></p><p>Against <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/financial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>financial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/predation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>predation</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a></p><p>We lost this as a country</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_auction_(foreclosure)" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_au</span><span class="invisible">ction_(foreclosure)</span></a></p>