The wealth, stability, and growth of the US was built first on slavery and then on desperate people willing to work undesirable jobs for less than minimum wage in unpleasant or even hazardous conditions. When those desperate people are rounded up and deported, maybe it’s time to rethink the basis on which this society depends.
this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2025
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So you're saying now is the time to right this systemic wrong?
150+ years ago is a good time. Now is the second best time.
Socialism music begins playing with increasing intensity
It would be a good idea to start paying actual reasonable wages for field work again.
Then probably there wouldn't be a shortage of workers there.
I gotta wonder what this administration does if food prices start climbing again, after a record poor harvest season.
Presumably, the first step will be to bail out the big agriculture landlords. But then, after that, I have to assume something with soylent.
blame someone else.
- Blame Biden
- Create or increase tariffs on imported food
There, problem solved.
Only in California? What about redder states more reliant on agriculture?