• jagged_circle@feddit.nl
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    4 days ago

    Guns. See also the Spanish American war.

    The US has a lot of rich people who own fruit companies who have an interest in making as much money as possible on the backs of wage slaves.

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      4 days ago

      Were there international American fruit companies at that point? Seemed like you could just use your American slaves.