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Woodycall

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8. Nationalize the fucker

Reply to turbinetree (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 21, 2024, 02:22 AM

Sep 2024

"During World War I, the government nationalized railroads, telegraph lines and the Smith & Wesson Co. During World War II, it seized railroads, coal mines, Midwest trucking operators and many other companies including, briefly, retailer Montgomery Ward."

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