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I've never understood why ranchers get so much clout in the US.
by linguistbreaker 6y ago
I've never understood why ranchers get so much clout in the US.
- snarf21 6y agoMostly because we have 325 million people to feed on a daily basis. Not arguing right/wrong.
- spiderfarmer 6y agoI think it has more to do with people believing disinformation campaigns stemming from ideologically motivated activism. Much like antivaxxers.
- nemo44x 6y agoBecause they make food. They are the first part of the supply chain; a chain that is a massive industry.
- threatofrain 6y agoSure, and teachers nourish the foundations of our next generation. And construction workers, aren't they literally the backbone of infrastructure? The farmhands in the fields, the masses of immigrants, aren't they also part of the foundations of food? Do these groups have lots of clout? What explains the variation in clout?
- spiderfarmer 6y agoIt think it's mostly because of disinformation campaigns rooted in ideologically motivated activism. Someone felt morally superior, convinced other people that they can be morally superior too and then it spread from there.
- nemo44x 6y agoI don’t really understand your context. Could you explain further?
- nemo44x 6y agoI wonder if it’s property ownership? I’m not sure. But their work certainly supports many small townships and economies and I imagine that’s worth something. To your examples I’d say maybe construction workers are more analogous to butchers. Cement and steel manufactures more to ranchers. Farm hands again, workers where as big Ag certainly has clout. Immigrants mainly can’t vote and once again, further down the supply chain and without property, so interchangeable. Not sure though.
- chmod600 6y agoThey might equally be wondering why city dwellers have so much say over how ranchers should tend to livestock.
- ip26 6y agoYou can't graze your livestock on public land and then act confused when the public has a say.
- spiderfarmer 6y agoLike city dwellers limit their criticisms to the ranchers that use public land.
- chmod600 6y agoThe "public" is not an abstract noble concept. How would you feel if the "public" wanted to tell you what programming language you had to use? The public doesn't like bugs, and they heard that Java is safer, so you have to use that now.
- ip26 6y agoIf I was coding my private program to run on a publicly owned & operated supercomputer, I expect I would say please & thank you.
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