Yep, it's all those lazy farm workers gutting Big Ag. Not to worry... the Republicans hate farm workers because they have all the power in the Labor Market (?). The US is wasting a valuable resource in deporting the only people beaten down enough to have to do stoop labor in order to feed their families. Most worked long hours under brutal conditions to subsist, and saw no improvement in the conditions of their lives, but by the miracle of (Socialism!!!!!) were able to send their children to a public school and begin the long journey out of the poverty that made others rich. Surely the Republican Tri-Fucked-Ya can marshal the votes to bring back Slavery and ensure retirement on the beach in Hawaii for the long-suffering Big Ag investors.
I grew up in a farming community and most of my friends' families were actual family-farmers. Their world is as dead as the promises that substituted for good farm policy, and, one at a time, most were driven off the farm and into the city, leaving the fields to Big Ag, and they had to keep driving that tractor until they couldn't anymore for a paycheck from the new Landlords. I talked with a classmate at our 50th, and he shared his feeling of shame at being the one to have to sell-off his third-generation Dairy or invest in upgrades to meet the requirements deemed necessary to shield the environment from harm. Of course, he blames the Government that is constrained to do the absolute minimum (or nothing) by Big Ag..
And, so the next thing is the cost of mitigating the side-effects of massive factory farming. We all have to share the planet, and we all share the blame for the damage to our environment this entails. Much effort has gone into trying to understand the dynamics of our interaction with the planet we owe our existence. And much more effort has gone into burying and discrediting the results by political actors with massive funding and glad-handing connections.
Not to worry... these are just the growing-pains to be expected while we are converting from Democracy to Kleptocracy.
If you struggle... you get tired. Close your eyes and take a nap.
Poo Tee Weet.
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