cristo

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There was still a slave trade in North and South America prior to the Europeans coming, it was just their own people being enslaved rather than an importation of people from Africa. South and Central American empires were not all sunshine and rainbows; although North America did not have a standing civilization as far as I know, the tribes that did exist enslaved and killed each other constantly. People are shitty regardless of the continent they are born on.

This horse's name is a combination of its parents names for the reason you described. It was 100% intentional and I would bet the breeders are laughing.

There is a dude on Instagram who has been doing "hobby Enduro" which is basically the same thing but with an Enduro bike stick thing between your legs. I've been following it for a while because it seems like it's ironic but it's starting to get to a point where idk if the guy still thinks it's a joke anymore.

on God bless the Midwest · c/lemmyshitpost · 4 pts · 176d

It's good, but it's so expensive. One opened up in my town in Florida and I went and got 2 burgers, fries, and 2 sodas. That shit was 60 bucks for basically two meals at any normal fast food restaurant. It's definitely on par or better than Whattaburger and In and Out but is it 60 dollars good? I didn't think so.

I guess I'm more nihilistic in my viewpoint. I've only seen small unions fail whether through inaction, ineptitude, or busting. In non multimillion dollar industries, they basically are impossible to form successfully. That shouldn't mean forming them shouldn't be attempted, it's just the reality that I observed.

It's not that simple unfortunately. Sure there are national unions, but they're very specific in the industries they operate it. They are long standing institutions with the influence and funding to boot, your local tenant union or random coffee shop "union" does not have the resources or influence to make any of that happen. I knew some people in FL who tried to unionize their coffee shop they worked for and the owners just straight up shut the business down instead of capitulating, they were all out of a job after that.