this post was submitted on 17 Sep 2025
23 points (100.0% liked)

United States | News & Politics

3319 readers
1762 users here now

Welcome to !usa@midwest.social, where you can share and converse about the different things happening all over/about the United States.

If you’re interested in participating, please subscribe.

Rules

Be respectful and civil. No racism/bigotry/hateful speech.

No memes.

Post news related to the United States.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Ascrod@midwest.social 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Farm owners are incredibly wealthy. They'll make the rest of us starve before they even come close. They aren't working class like the workers that they, indeed, enslave.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No, most that aren't corporate owned are not. Some may be comfortably secure but most are not. Source: I live in farm country.

[–] Ascrod@midwest.social 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Do you think those big corporate ones will buy out the little guys as they start going under?

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How does that change the material reality of the working poor who can't afford food?

[–] Ascrod@midwest.social 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just further concentrates the wealth and throws more people into the "can't afford food" pool. I'm not disagreeing with you.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 2 days ago

I hope the small farmers at least could sell to neighbors who have managed to save or inherit some savings. As it is, they may be forced to sell to conglomerates. Plus real estate law gets crazy.

https://courtroomproven.com/faqs/how-far-above-and-below-the-ground-do-my-property-rights-extend/