FuckyWucky [none/use name] to finance • edit-23 days agoIn 1958, U.S. Congress passed the Onion Futures Act, which banned onion futures trading after two speculators bought up 98% of onions, shorted the same, and crashed prices, leaving farmers bankrupt.external-linkmessage-square12 fedilinkarrow-up159
arrow-up159external-linkIn 1958, U.S. Congress passed the Onion Futures Act, which banned onion futures trading after two speculators bought up 98% of onions, shorted the same, and crashed prices, leaving farmers bankrupt.FuckyWucky [none/use name] to finance • edit-23 days agomessage-square12 Commentsfedilink
minus-squaremiz [any, any]hexbear14·edit-23 days ago"so you're a farmer?" "uh huh" "do you do all the work on your farm?" "no, I hire undocumented workers to do that" "so you're just a property owner who relies on heavily exploitable labor?" "..." link
"so you're a farmer?"
"uh huh"
"do you do all the work on your farm?"
"no, I hire undocumented workers to do that"
"so you're just a property owner who relies on heavily exploitable labor?"
"..."