Ahhh, yes. One of the favorite tools of the Left is to accuse private people of “hoarding.” In the 1930s, that is how the USSR destroyed Ukraine. The Soviets were themselves the real hoarders. Just like the democRATS today, the Soviets accused the masses of doing what the Soviets did. They did not just take all of the food out of Ukraine, they took all of the seeds to grow any more food. “Conservative” estimates were 10 million people starved.
In Nicaragua, before the Sandinista Commies took over, there were thriving Farmers Markets in the small towns and large cities. Farmers and ranchers would bring their products to sell and barter. The day after the Commies took power, no more Farmers Markets. All of the food was now the “people’s food.” Strict rationing was instituted. Any farmer found keeping too much harvested food was arrested for, yes, hoarding.
“They did not just take all of the food out of Ukraine, they took all of the seeds to grow any more food. “Conservative” estimates were 10 million people starved.”
And the people of Ukraine have not forgotten that.
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FDR did the same with Gold in the 1930s.
History is such a wash-rinse-repeat affair isn’t it? I wonder how many examples of the same themes we could find to group. There really aren’t that many themes are there? Taking a shot at a few: Greed, Envy, Fear, Power?