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Farmers and people supporting farmers are still a small minority and while they can probably swing some election in some country if they were to massively suppo
by darkwater 2y ago
Farmers and people supporting farmers are still a small minority and while they can probably swing some election in some country if they were to massively support only one party or coalition, the money comes for the strategic importance. It would be naive to think it's just "for the votes".
- panick21_ 2y agoIt was a long time ago that I have looked into this. My understanding from the political science is that countries where farmers votes aren't as important, also have far less subsidizes. Groups that already have subsidizes are better at defending them. Even if in absolute terms their numbers aren't as big.
- darkwater 2y agoThey are totally going to defend themselves, mainly through boycotts, barricades and varying degrees of riots. That can totally cause a vote issue, but it's because the rest of the population is pissed off by the road blocks etc