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Nobody is willing to upset farmers.
by 3eb7988a1663 2y ago
Nobody is willing to upset farmers.
- Spivak 2y agoI think this take is pretty funny because it's in instance where our elected officials are responding directly to the will of the votes that actually matter. Which is pretty refreshing compared to listening to the campaign donations that matter. I want more of this kind of thing, not less. Politicians should be scared to piss lots of different voting blocs off. The way we do democracy is terrible at rewarding politicians for enacting (roughly) the will of the people.
- MBCook 2y agoThe votes that matter? Or big agribusiness and their campaign donations?
- _heimdall 2y agoFarmers are a tiny fraction of the voting population. Politicians are more concerned with farm lobbying money rather than the actual voters themselves.
- Spivak 2y agoYes but they're a big voting population in swing states that actually decide elections which is why I say they're the votes that matter. It's why Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin are getting pelted with political ads right now.
- _heimdall 2y agoNobody is willing to upset massive industrial farmers. Small farmers and homesteaders are regularly upset by the government. If I want to sell you raw milk from a cow on my pasture it can only be for non-human consumption. If I want to sell you beef you either have to buy 1/4 or more of the animal before its processed or I have to load it onto a trailer and allow a state or USDA facility process it, leaving me with lovely packaged cuts that have a high level of stress hormones and was sprayed down with bleach.