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The unspoken truth here... The USDA doesn't represent the consumer. The USDA represents the agriculture industry. Source: I worked on contract there for a cou

The unspoken truth here... The USDA doesn't represent the consumer. The USDA represents the agriculture industry. Source: I worked on contract there for a couple of years.

kgermino 4y ago
Is it unspoken? It's literally in the name.
- drugstorecowboy 4y ago
  United States Department of Agriculture? Just based on the name no you really can't assume anything nefarious. It's literally not in the name.
- dragonwriter 4y ago
  By the same logic, it is there in the name that the Criminal Division of the FBI represents criminals.
speeder 4y ago
This issue is really, really old. Well, the bible starts with it! Hebrews had a predominantly meat-eating culture, where at first, roaming semi-nomadic herds dominated, and later ranching was important. Of course this also means their diet was skewed toward proteins. The second "human" action in the bible (ie: not something God did), was when the first farmer, murdered the first rancher out of jealously. A lot of people remember "Cain and Abel" and whatnot and forget that detail, that is very important, in fact it was the reason for the murder (Cain was upset sacrifice of meat was accepted and vegetables weren't). The two cultures generate a lot of other political conflicts we have now. For example: when you are a rancher, if someone breaks into your property, that someone can literally walk off with your food before police arrives. Thus they are pro private guns. While if you are a vegetable farmer the way to 'steal' from someone is taking their land, thus they aren't afraid of small individuals, they are afraid of corporations and countries, thus they favor the government having the guns, to be able to retake territory if needed.
dariusj18 4y ago
It doesn't take a conspiracy theorist to recognize that special interests are at the heart of decisions made in the USDA.

The unspoken truth here... The USDA doesn't represent the consumer. The USDA represents the agriculture industry. Source: I worked on contract there for a couple of years.

kgermino 4y ago

Is it unspoken? It's literally in the name.

drugstorecowboy 4y ago
United States Department of Agriculture? Just based on the name no you really can't assume anything nefarious. It's literally not in the name.
dragonwriter 4y ago
By the same logic, it is there in the name that the Criminal Division of the FBI represents criminals.

speeder 4y ago

This issue is really, really old. Well, the bible starts with it! Hebrews had a predominantly meat-eating culture, where at first, roaming semi-nomadic herds dominated, and later ranching was important. Of course this also means their diet was skewed toward proteins. The second "human" action in the bible (ie: not something God did), was when the first farmer, murdered the first rancher out of jealously. A lot of people remember "Cain and Abel" and whatnot and forget that detail, that is very important, in fact it was the reason for the murder (Cain was upset sacrifice of meat was accepted and vegetables weren't). The two cultures generate a lot of other political conflicts we have now. For example: when you are a rancher, if someone breaks into your property, that someone can literally walk off with your food before police arrives. Thus they are pro private guns. While if you are a vegetable farmer the way to 'steal' from someone is taking their land, thus they aren't afraid of small individuals, they are afraid of corporations and countries, thus they favor the government having the guns, to be able to retake territory if needed.

dariusj18 4y ago

It doesn't take a conspiracy theorist to recognize that special interests are at the heart of decisions made in the USDA.