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[-] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

This is one of the reasons why bootlegging alcohol was so popular, even outside the prohibition.

Employer starts with holding wages and offering only scrip at the company store so people buy things they can ferment into a mash and distill.

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