• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    12 hours ago

    My job doesn’t involve making a profit off of arguably the most important thing a human needs for survival… Just saying.

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        11 hours ago

        Why would I have a problem with farmers? Farmers actually work to produce something, so it’s not really a valid comparison. Landlords create nothing and provide nothing of value to society.

        You know, farming is not defined by, “profiting from the things you grow.” Co-ops exist. But yes, in the current hyper-capitalist environment, most farmers are probably going to need to sell some shit to survive.

        But there’s a massive difference between farmers in Iowa raking in tons of cash (including a shit ton of government subsidies) for providing more corn than we even need, and self-sustaining farms and/or communities that are not predatory.

        For example, the Amish are farmers. They seem to do just fine without price gouging.