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Arkansas

duckworth969

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15. Big Ag going to buy up those family farms

Reply to LiberalArkie (Reply #9)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 02:07 PM

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Any MAGA that is having serious $ issues, they’re reaping (pun intended) what they sow. Farmers been voting Repug since forever.

Why do you think the Oz Scarecrow says about his stuffing being ripped out by the Flying Monkeys, "Oh, no. I just keep picking it up and putting it back in again”.

Effed by monied interests, The Scarecrow keeps taking a beating over and over, and he does that because he hasn’t any brains.

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Arkansas Farmers Begin Destroying Their Own Crops! [View all] LiberalArkie Friday OP

FAFO we can do it Friday #1

And they would vote for Trump again if they could. Just not a black woman. BradBo Friday #2

How devastatingly sad, but 100% fucking true. OverBurn Friday #19

Oh, man, if only there was a way to avoid the entirely predictable consequences RockRaven Friday #3

All this happened in rural America even before the Great Crash of '29. flashman13 Friday #4

I know it may be a little satisying to point and say, "FAFO". Climate Crusader Friday #5

Good luck with that, they are in for some serious psychic pain when they realize how much they were conned Blues Heron Friday #6

We have spent the last 30-40 years reaching out to these folks, mwmisses4289 Friday #7

That is exactly what they say about us. Climate Crusader Friday #10

There's an underlying animus that is enthusiastically expressed against farmers here. littlemissmartypants Friday #16

I remember in the '70's and '80's moniss Friday #20

And this is just Arkansas. The problem is national in scope. patphil Friday #8

When Rome used to invade and conquer, one of the first things was to burn the crops to make the populations LiberalArkie Friday #9

That's a good question. I think the people who have caused this haven't thought that through. patphil Friday #11

I think that if Khrushchev was still present, everyone would know. As Russia still hates the U.S. with a passion we LiberalArkie Friday #13

Big Ag going to buy up those family farms duckworth969 Friday #15

So, we need a wizard to give brains, heart, and courage to people who appear to have none. Perhaps they just sleep. patphil Friday #23

And the department of Ag used to support local smaller scale farms growing high quality crops Botany Friday #21

And yet food prices are still through the roof LT Barclay Friday #12

Oh no! I'm being owned! BaronChocula Friday #14

Also of note about the land values is that moniss Friday #17

no worries...private equity will buy it all up... ret5hd 17 hrs ago #29

MAGA is really owning the libs by bringing down grocery prices IronLionZion Friday #18

The video never explains WHY commodity prices have crashed. Fil1957 Friday #22

Because our foreign grain buyers took their business elsewhere IbogaProject Friday #24

This message was self-deleted by its author Fil1957 18 hrs ago #25

Thanks for that. I had heard only that China was cutting back on soybeans and nothing about the other staple crops. The Fil1957 18 hrs ago #26

It's animal cruelty, is what it is. Ocelot II 18 hrs ago #27

They can wear their MAGA hats to their foreclosures. They probably will, dopes. dem4decades 18 hrs ago #28