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Ron DeSantis Proposes Unprovoked War on Mexico (prospect.org)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
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[–] 38 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Probably not this time, a big part of why Japanese-Americans were put into interment camps was because Californians wanted their farms.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I'd never considered this, but of course it came down to economics- weird how often massive crimes against humanity come down to some bourgeois thief wanting to take more for themselves and willing to do anything to do it.

    Just did a little reading on it, they stole 400 million (1942) dollars worth of farmland from Japanese-Americans, which is like 7 billion adjusted for inflation, and basically just gave them to agribusiness corporations.

    amerikkka

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago

    Yeah they don't tell you in school that white Californians lobbied hard for Japanese Americans to be robbed of all their land and property, and it's a big part of why their lands weren't restored to them after the war. Like western expansion never really stopped.

    I think they'd be somewhat more likely to use various schemes to enslave Hispanic migrants and citizens, given how vital Hispanic migrants are to American ag.

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