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The populist notion of the noble yeoman suggests that most people don't know any actual farmers. The contemporary farmer isn't a very sympathetic character.
by rdouble 14y ago
The populist notion of the noble yeoman suggests that most people don't know any actual farmers. The contemporary farmer isn't a very sympathetic character.
- wglb 14y agoCareful there. I grew up on a farm and have relatives that are yet farmers and are no more unpleasant than anyone else.
- rayiner 14y agoWell I wouldn't go that far. My wife grew up in rural Iowa, in farm country. They're perfectly pleasant people. But politically, there is no winning against them. And that's been the case since forever. Stuff like this: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5354/ http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5354/ has tremendous appeal.
- drcube 14y ago"Real" farmers are giant conglomerates like Conagra. What people think of as farmers though are usually just employees or contractors. And those people are fine. The big agricultural corporations like it when people conflate the two.
- einhverfr 14y agoI dunno. Where I live, most farms are run by small family-owned corporations. I know many farmers. I also think that giving a corporation essentially market power over growing crops is deeply misguided.