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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days ago

‘Farmageddon’: Many US farmers are warning they are at a breaking point

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‘Farmageddon’: Many US farmers are warning they are at a breaking point

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days ago
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‘Farmageddon’: Many US farmers are warning they are at a breaking point | CNN
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Many farmers in the Delta are pleading for financial help from the government, warning that low prices, high costs and tariffs could push many into bankruptcy. CNN’s Dianne Gallagher reports.
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  • تحريرها كلها ممكن@lemmy.ml
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    They are not farmers, they are squatters on stolen lands making use of migrant slave labour.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPM
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      the technical term is kulaks

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    Maybe the US intends for more farmers to go bankrupt so that the farmland is consolidated into fewer hands, but I think they’ll just get a bailout. Literally biting the hand that feeds is too stupid for even this administration.

    … probably

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      I think mass hunger is part of the 2025 playbook. Guessing at that, but would not surprise me.

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      This is where mind was at – sure would be convenient for Private Equity to swoop in.

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      That will indubitably be the end result of all this.

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    Republicans: “LOL! NO! THANKS FOR YOUR VOTES! SEE YOU MID-TERMS AND GENERAL ELECTION AGAIN, PEASANTS!”

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