*👉️️️️️️️Who says #DonaldJTrump is unpredictable?👈️️️️️️️*
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...In the #MiddleAges, the people who were in a thriving market knew how defend against such frauds:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducking_stool
#DuckingStools or #CuckingStools.
Another very common punishment was the #WhippingPost or #Pillory*
Only a short time later, it seems that most Western board members visited #Africa and learned about the #Shrinkflation concept...
In the 16th century, women who were accused of witchcraft were put on trial. To test if they were witches, they were placed on ducking stools. If they drowned, they were pure of spirit. If they survived, the devil had possession of their souls, so they were burnt at the stake
In the 21st century, there was a plan to fly asylum seekers to an East African country where their legal status was considered.
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
Totts