Quiet Epidemic of Suicide Claims Frances Farmers.

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6. That's also happening in India

It would be interesting to know how many other countries are killing the people who grow their food with debt and isolation.

I know there was a push in Ireland to allow a certain amount of drunk driving on rural roads so that the socially isolated farmers could spend an evening at a pub without being afraid of getting popped for DUI on the way home. I don't know the outcome of that, I suppose the PTB decided it was a bad idea that might knock off too many tourists.

Mechanization might have decreased the work load and made the product cheaper but it made the job damned lonely.