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There's a massive gap between >50% of the population farming and GPS guided tractors that apparently don't need a driver. Edit: I say don't need a driver, or w
by benj111 4y ago
There's a massive gap between >50% of the population farming and GPS guided tractors that apparently don't need a driver.
Edit: I say don't need a driver, or whether they always needed a driver who now just needs to drive, but that to me doesn't constitute 'crippled'
- kube-system 4y agoYes, and that divide includes genetic engineering, weather satellites, teams of chemists, million dollar tractors, a finance and logistics infrastructure, and a whole lot of other stuff that doesn't look anything like American Gothic. GPS guided tractors are not remarkable in that continuum.
- mistrial9 4y agothis thinking in the previous industrial age created the poison wastelands of Ohio. Mudslinging with the tag "American Gothic Farming" adds to the arrogance of it all. American farming is largely a flaming disaster on top of destruction, with other would-be plantation owners racing to copy it. Plenty of blame to go around, and this contrite endorsement of all and anything futuristic, ain't the cure.
- kube-system 4y agoFamine kind of sucks too.
- HeyLaughingBoy 4y agoMic drop :-)
- mardifoufs 4y agoThe article is about Australia. There's no need to go on a self-loathing rant about where you live.
- benj111 4y agoSo why did you jump straight to >50% of the population farming then? We aren't going back to mediaeval times just because satnav stopped working.
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