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[–] 20928236? 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

small farm owners losing their land because they bought equipment with a loan and had a shitty yield a few years later really bothers me.

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[–] 20929013? ago 

Banks would refuse to give them loans unless they purchased really expensive new equipment, then when they would fall behind on payments the banks would foreclose on the loans. I remember reading about one farmer who lost his family farm and went in to plead with the bank beforehand and they basically told him to fuck off. He came back and shot the bank manager to death.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1986/04/20/the-farmer-who-shot-his-banker/6b0e3273-f94f-40cf-91d7-1a1ec363102b/

https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/10/us/4-dead-in-rampage-in-an-iowa-town.html

http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,142907,00.html

Apparently it's still going on.

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[–] 20935863? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Good for him! I approve entirely.

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[–] 20930031? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

At least he got some sort of justice.