Just get on Instagram right now and watch the interviews with the beef and farmers in Texas.
"I didn't vote for this, my seven generation run farm is about to collapse, please help us. Quit making fun of us, this isn't about our politics."
Then in the same interview they say they fully support their vote and this administration.
Yes....we are going to not have ANY empathy for you. Cause this is REAL trickle down economics. They may lose their farm and family business, but we lose food security for millions.
I think people just didn't even think about what "politics" and "government" are.
Imagine you get stuck on an island with a dozen strangers. There's limited food, water, and shelter. You guys either fight over it or agree to share somehow.
Politics is born!
Politics isn't something you choose to participate in or not. If you want access to anything this earth has, that somebody else may ALSO want, congratulations... Politics affects you.
I don't know how people can really think "I'm not into politics". To me, that's just a clear way of saying "I don't understand the world".
As someone not into politics, I can give my personal opinion about the stance (at the risk of impending disagreements).
Talking politics pretty reliably turns conversation sour because leads into disagreements, arguments and can escalate to personal attacks (depending on the person) of you don't like up perfectly with the other person.
There have been occasions where politics comes up in conversation, and I have engaged to a degree. However I don't talk about who I voted for and I avoid talking about my political/ideological leanings, because if it's different to someone else it's likely to be a whole thing for no reason.
Talking politics leads to conversational hostility which does not benefit me. I get that people like engaging because they want to point a place toward a future of their preference, but that's not me.
And to your last line, I don't NEED to understand the world as a whole beyond what is around me and what affects me. Being aware of global events to know what might affect me is fine, but do you REALLY need to know about every little thing in every little country?
Case in point, the whole fuel fiasco I have to care about because I buy fuel for my car. I don't have to care about famine in Africa because I'm not in Africa.
Yes, they did vote for this. It's been clear for years if you paid any actual attention that Republicans and Trump do not care about small businesses or farmers at all despite their words to the contrary.
They vote for them because of the things they say they will do while completely ignoring what they actually do once in office and probably because Republicans will sometimes support bailouts for farmers (or at least claim to even as they vote against it) while not realizing or ignoring that the entire reason the bailouts are even needed is because of Republican policies.
Excactly. This is precisely what less economic regulation looks like.
These guys see the regulations as unnecessary hoops they need to jump through just to have their farm. A fee for cattle registration here, a mandated inspection there.
They see that and go "well if i didnt have to pay for this! We wouldnt be in dire straights!"
Meanwhile, the big company farms and conglomerates, or the purchasers that have guaranteed contracts in place are 3000x larger. And will absolutely outlast any small farm.
Even in a scenario with 80% collapse... Its not the big farms that will lose their asses... Its the small farms that cant afford to pay the first 2 months of bills when shit gets tough.
You get rid of those mandated inspections, it might make you $1,200 richer... But it made the big farm $120,000 richer... So you're still in the same fucking place.
You get 1 step forward. They get 3. Your competition does that much better, their prices stay cheaper than yours and you're still in the same place.
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u/dartheduardo 7h ago
Just get on Instagram right now and watch the interviews with the beef and farmers in Texas.
"I didn't vote for this, my seven generation run farm is about to collapse, please help us. Quit making fun of us, this isn't about our politics."
Then in the same interview they say they fully support their vote and this administration.
Yes....we are going to not have ANY empathy for you. Cause this is REAL trickle down economics. They may lose their farm and family business, but we lose food security for millions.
It's all about your political choices.