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Technically all Americans got bananas, because the United Fruit Company (now Chiquita) and the Standard Fruit Company (now Dole) subverted nations to ensure uni
by ethbr1 2y ago
Technically all Americans got bananas, because the United Fruit Company (now Chiquita) and the Standard Fruit Company (now Dole) subverted nations to ensure uninterrupted supply.
- red-iron-pine 2y agoand, like, bananas are cheap as hell. pretty common, even in Canada. imagine if they were as rare as dragonfruit or durian
- jraby3 2y agoAt the time the book takes place in they were very rare. Most Americans had never eaten or seen a banana.