2026-05-21 17:41 UTC
It's kind of a funny selection bias, I guess.
The only folks who are going to call me to learn more about "saving farmers" are those whose brains are completely made of pudding.
Which... yeah, explains how those phone calls go.
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@sarahtaber@mastodon.online 2026-05-21 17:48
them: Wow. This person who keeps making videos abt how most small family farmers are millionaires w a 6-figure income? We should ask her how to save farmers. me: Nah we shouldn't be "saving" millionaires w 6-figure incomes. Or the farmers who are even bigger them:
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@ChuckMcManis@chaos.social 2026-05-21 17:43
@sarahtaber@mastodon.online Yup, this was the weirdest thing about California farmers complaining about California. I really wanted to shout "Your choices are what causes these outcomes! Choose differently or stop complaining." But alas, that would not have gone over well.
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@cy@fedicy.us.to 2026-05-21 18:59
Yeah like... save farmers by kicking out all the "farmers" and giving the land to the farm workers equitably. Even I can see that.