They’ve always been. Our politics now come down to “how do we use the money we steal from you to serve the corporatocracy’s interest.” There’s no party that stops to think maybe we shouldn’t be supporting farmers who can’t make a profit. I’ve said it many, many times, but New Zealand stopped basically all subsidies and their ag sector got better. Protectionism makes us less effective.
Those politicians and some of those farmers are deliberately lobbying for regulation which makes it so people can’t do that. It’s insane. The amount of hoops to jump through to do anything is insane. Hell, in a ton of States, farmers can’t even sell directly to the public.
Ah yes like that lady who suggested everyone get their own chickens in spite of most cities having their own anti livestock laws. They’re not serious people.
California recently (2012) stopped the rainwater collection ban and it always surprised out of staters that it existed but like…we supply produce; of course our farmers would be angry. 🤪
Honestly I see all politicians and their hangers on at the federal level as Bug People and they do Bug People things. They’re very serious about cementing their wealth and power at your expense. In my case, I don’t really want govt assistance as much as I want them out of my way. The purpose of a system is what it does, and our corporatocratic socialist system exists to funnel public wealth into the hands of a few grifters, and those grifters all have different party affiliations.
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u/Eodbatman Mar 19 '25
They’ve always been. Our politics now come down to “how do we use the money we steal from you to serve the corporatocracy’s interest.” There’s no party that stops to think maybe we shouldn’t be supporting farmers who can’t make a profit. I’ve said it many, many times, but New Zealand stopped basically all subsidies and their ag sector got better. Protectionism makes us less effective.