I found about him on the Something Awful forums, where they presented him as some kind of folk hero who was fighting against the man and AFAIK they still have Killdozer emoji.

He was actually a libertarian asshole who thought it was government tyranny that he couldn't keep emptying human waste into an old concrete truck barrel. He would've gotten a ton of money for his property that was going to have a concrete plant built on it, but he refused.

It was really just luck that he didn't kill anyone, he ran his dozer into a library where a bunch of children had gathered, but they were evacuated just in time.

I dunno why I'm talking about this now fairly obscure piece of Internet lore except I randomly thought of him a few days ago and realized it was almost exactly 20 years ago (chomsky-yes-honey). I guess it's also a good example of how telling a story selectively can change its perception, which is relevant with Tiny Man Square having its anniversary too.

  • 7bicycles [he/him]
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    6 months ago

    Was there ever an armoured bulldozer used for anything remotely good?

    And I don't mean "well a tank is sort of like..." or "well this tractor with armour", no, straight up Bulldozer with armour

    • BelieveRevolt [he/him]
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      6 months ago

      I looked it up and modern bulldozer armor is literally made and developed in Israel (very-intelligent at least they support domestic industry when destroying Palestinian houses). So doubt

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armored_bulldozer

      • 7bicycles [he/him]
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        6 months ago

        That wiki page does give an example of armoured bulldozers being used for good, that is in operation normandy against the nazis