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Hekate

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31. I am sorry if you feel bashed by my efforts to be informed. If you listened all the way thru...

Reply to murielm99 (Reply #30)

Tue Oct 14, 2025, 12:16 PM

Oct 14

…I’d be interested to know what you think Ms Taber got wrong. The broad demographic of farmers? The legal history of migratory farm workers over the last century-plus, pushed by politics in Washington? The labor conditions? (Surely nothing wrong in your own area among your friends, but not so wonderful in California’s Central Valley, according to articles in the Los Angeles Times over the years) Her personal experience of the disparity in wages (starting at zero) and treatment?

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Do farmers who voted for Trump want de facto slaves? Farmer Sarah Taber seems to think so. YouTube... [View all] Hekate Oct 13 OP

k&r Thanks for posting! alwaysinasnit Oct 13 #1

She's always interesting Hekate Oct 13 #2

Agreed. yardwork Oct 13 #9

I think all company heads that voted for Trump want de facto slaves durablend Oct 13 #3

Yes, in the 1980s they discovered the concept of dumping those roles in your company travelingthrulife Oct 13 #20

It's always been the case Delarage Oct 13 #4

Greater understanding. Thanks. cachukis Oct 13 #5

That would be the type of MAGA they are imagining, for sure, and we just have to make sure LymphocyteLover Oct 13 #6

Wow! Hate to say it but this really kind of makes me hate farmers. They voted for fascism because they want slaves? Crunchy Frog Oct 13 #7

You Hate FASCIST Famers Just Like We All Hate All Other Fascists MayReasonRule Oct 13 #17

"slave labor" for farms is delusional at this point Cosmocat Oct 13 #8

It's convenient to deport the migrants right before payday. yardwork Oct 13 #10

My grandfather was fired Zackzzzz Oct 13 #27

Oh, joy. murielm99 Oct 13 #11

The author is a farmer, & I have found her take on the issues educational & thought provoking Hekate Oct 13 #29

We are small farmers. murielm99 Oct 14 #30

I am sorry if you feel bashed by my efforts to be informed. If you listened all the way thru... Hekate Oct 14 #31

Certainly more profitable. Kid Berwyn Oct 13 #12

Farmers don't like it when their labor has a right to move on or change jobs. That's similar to why businesses and Hotler Oct 13 #13

This is so true. I remember a discussion with the CEO of a health care org travelingthrulife Oct 13 #21

Not much has changed since Grapes of Wrath Johonny Oct 13 #14

Indeed, The More Things Change, The More They Tend To Stay The Same MayReasonRule Oct 13 #18

I posted something along the same theme the other day. Swede Oct 13 #15

Who are going to be the slaves? ChicagoTeamster Oct 13 #16

Medicaid patients, kids, immigrants from the concentration camps, unemployed people. travelingthrulife Oct 13 #22

You're forgetting durablend Oct 13 #23

I would think of prison labor myself nitpicked Oct 13 #28

Maybe it's time to go back to the days of the truck farmer. MineralMan Oct 13 #19

Brrrr...been there, done that travelingthrulife Oct 13 #25

I'm being sarcastic here. MineralMan Oct 13 #26

Make slavery great again? peggysue2 Oct 13 #24