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Reading McCullough bio of Truman and Caro bio of LBJ lead me to the same conclusion. It was brutal, and most who saw any means of escape seized it

I’m compelled by the romantic nostalgia, but I know I personally couldn’t cut the mustard

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My grandfather nearly starved to death on his parent's farm a couple of times during the Dustbowl and he contracted a disease while in an immunocompromised state due to malnutrition that left its mark throughout his bones. Later, he helped his mother buy a combination general store and house to support herself.

The catastrophes caused by the Dustbowl would be an argument against modern mechanized farming:

https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-scienc...

https://explaininghistory.org/2026/03/11/the-dust-bowl-an-en...

Is that the fault of mechanization or the fault of capitalistic greed?

The trendy buzzwords are not even necessary here. It’s just poor application (born from a combination of both greed, yes, and ignorance)

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