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Montana and Wyoming are a treasure trove of the ills of both government and business ran amok. Our high school history classes were always super interesting du
by jlangemeier 7y ago
Montana and Wyoming are a treasure trove of the ills of both government and business ran amok. Our high school history classes were always super interesting due to this.
- dredmorbius 7y agoAyup. I think I'd heard of Anaconda in that context, though didn't make an immediate association with your original comment. It also raises some interesting questions about the prominant featuring of "D'Anconia Copper" in a popular if grossly flawed bit of popular juvenile fantasy literature. The Johnston County War is another personal fave: https://ello.co/dredmorbius/post/xwjjk1bh7yki6ja4lrg7ka https://ello.co/dredmorbius/post/xwjjk1bh7yki6ja4lrg7ka
- jlangemeier 7y agoBest laugh I've had all day; I hadn't thought about it, but I'm sure it's no coincidence. Random trivia that the wiki article leaves off... The Anaconda Company essentially single-handedly helped get rid of state legislatures electing Senators due to having bought off most of the Montana state legislature - which was obviously bad enough for the federal government to step in and give a big nope to things. Which is an odd thought in the land of big business lobbying and I'm sure has absolutely no parallels to today's situation. Nope, nope, nope.