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[–] 29 points 1 year ago (4 children)

from the video: "it's hard not to be moved by the cries of those who put food on your table"

do not forget that most of them are huge mega-corporations that own vast areas of land and don't operate based on small-families, but rather economies of scale

and also do not forget that most of these farmers probably voted republican and also that they would decry the exact support measures they're now asking for as "communism" if these support dollars would benefit somebody else.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    those who put food on your table

    They can fuck right off.

    They're doing a job and running a business just like everyone else. I don't care if I eat their product or not. It's a commodity.

    They've spent years voting and acting against their own interests. Maybe they shouldn't have been so fucking stupid.

    Farmers are such cry babies and think they're special. They aren't. The only thing farmers have done in the US is let mega corps beat them into a ditch. If they can't do the job, someone else will.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    from the video: “it’s hard not to be moved by the cries of those who put food on your table”

    FFS, I'm so tired of hearing this kind of thing, as if people are doing this for some kind of altruistic reasons.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    The vast bulk of crops grown in Arkansas are comprised of the top three: rice, soybeans, and corn. The rice and soybeans are mostly grown for export. The corn is heavily subsidized and most of it is turned into food additives like HFCS, corn starch, ethanol, etc.

    These people aren't putting food on our tables, they're lining their pockets at our expense.

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