Sliding into your bitcoin-only feed with some NOSTR normie content...... with the interesting tale of fake butter....

By 1898, 32 out of the then 45 states had passed laws restricting the artificial coloration of margarine. States such as Minnesota even required margarine to be colored pink to clearly indicate it was artificial and not real butter. In 1898, however, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down these β€œpink laws” as unconstitutional.

Five minutes down this rabbit hole.... Today's going to be a good day.

Thanks, Murray Rothbard, you mentioned it for like 30 seconds, πŸ˜‚.

https://fountain.fm/episode/0dJsVn8HVtSWKK2joBi1

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Mandatory pink margarine πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ genius!

unconstitutional, the fake butter will continue, lol

Fake butter.. Something something... Free speech!

I like πŸ†πŸ§ˆ

reading further, to find out "war-time rationing saved the margarine business" .

Of course it did.

In 1902 an amendment was made to the 1886 Oleomargarine Act. This new amendment taxed colored margarine at 10 cents per pound ($3.36 today) and white margarine at a fourth of a cent per pound (8 cents today).

Omg this is crazy! Cool random fact to know. Thanks πŸ’•

Anyone who reads how margarine is made will never touch the stuff under any circumstance.