> So basically, the commercial farmers are ruining this > country (and contributing to ruining the planet), > and being jerks while doing so. Yet they apparen

> So basically, the commercial farmers are ruining this > country (and contributing to ruining the planet), > and being jerks while doing so. Yet they apparently have huge backing from the public. When I try debating the problem with people they get extremely angry with me when I mention that the farmers are: a) Entirely responsible for the problem. b) Largely capable of fixing the problem. c) Relatively rich. Agricultural land is VERY valuable here. d) They are actively destroying our planet and country. It's pure insanity. You have rich business men who have invested in quadrupling their farming capacity (and now have problems with their loans) demanding that the government bail them out, or they'll ghost ride along the motorway (which they did this afternoon on my local motorway). Or they'll block the supermarket distribution centers for Xmas. If I wasn't alone I'd love to protest at a few hundred of the farms here in the region, see how they like it when we block their commerce. We can import food from Germany, their businesses wouldn't last half a year if they can't ship anything.