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Battle of Blair Mountain 20th Century History (mander.xyz)
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[–] 26 points 6 months ago (7 children)

IIRC, The Pinkertons got their claim to fame infamy during that strike as strikebreakers.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    it was Baldwin-Felts, but at the end of the day pinks are pinks even if their paychecks get written by another private "detective" agency

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago* (1 child)

    So I guess shady paramilitary organizations have been trying the "rebrand and hope nobody realizes we're the same" for a long-ass time

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    they're all just little warlord bands just like from the bronze age onwards. mercenaries are mercenaries. the only thing that changes is the symbols they use to identify themselves.

    to reiterate:

    pinks are pinks no matter who cuts the checks

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