r/LeopardsAteMyFarm • u/Conscious-Quarter423 • 6h ago

so MAGA farmers chased off immigrant farmworkers because Trump said they were taking American jobs, now they can’t find anyone to pick their crops. Funny how the pick-yourselves-up-by-the-bootstraps crowd suddenly needs someone else to do the work

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u/SimilarYard9840 5h ago

You know exactly why. There’s so many chubby farmers for a reason. Most of them don’t do any of the hard labor of picking crops.

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u/Twigsneko 5h ago

and humorously enough that shit is why an urban vs rural civil war would be a win for the urban side. The rural people have zero leverage as they grow food for foreign markets and they barely do any physical labor.

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u/Tyraniboah89 2h ago

I feel so validated seeing this lol. Years ago some rural people tried telling me "you urban types would be fucked without us" when I said that the rest of us subsidize their lives. Even said I'm down for my tax dollars to help everyone live, including them.

But that wasn't good enough for them lol. I had to explain to them that most of the food we eat is imported and that they starve because we would just keep importing while they won't have access to steady food, medicine, or supplies.

Not that I'd ever want such a thing to happen.

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u/AppointmentOne1111 1h ago

You may not want it, but they sure as hell will keep voting for it to happen to them.

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u/Slight_Rise_6422 5h ago

All those kids a none of them to help out the family farm

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u/Zhombe 5h ago

Well driving a big ole tractor and truck all day is belly growing work you know!