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Why Won’t Farmers Rebel Against Trumponomics? Because They’re Rich. (newrepublic.com)

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Grew up and are friends with farmers. Can confirm that most of them are at least upper, upper middle class.

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Farmers" is very broad....

Most farmland is owned by incredibly wealthy "farmers" who never step off pavement. They're just land hoarders and "investors".

However, most farmers (by number of individuals) are poor as fuck and usually have massive amounts of debt. When they go under or the kids move to a city, they sell to a "farmer".

It's a consolidation of a vital resource and we should all be concerned about the logical result when most of our food is grown by a handful of massive corporations.

[–] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Most of your everything is owned by large corporations and your populace keeps voting for more.

You’re very right to be concerned.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Most of your

Not sure where you're from. But I bet things aren't as great as you think

[–] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Canada. And yeah, basically the same boat. A dingy attached to yours.