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unless grandma was in the dust bowl, then she was just fucked (slrpnk.net)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Two thoughts on this meme - self-reliance is necessary, and self-reliance is not sufficient, because if capitalism destroys the climate your homestead goes with it.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

That was during the great depression and the "dust bowl" in Manitoba. Based on the dates in the wiki, he wasn't alive when they went extinct.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Huh, interesting. A quick look at the list of locust species (I love Wikipedia) suggests that it might have been the High Plains Locust, which is rare but still extant, and last swarmed in the 1930s.