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meowskywalker t1_j15j7j8 wrote

Reply to comment by burnabybambinos in Watching That 70’s Show for the first time and it’s pretty good by Malfallaxx

No one is ever happy. It’s like misery porn. For five seconds they manage to pull themselves out of the muck and make enough money to pay their power bill or some depressing shit and then someone runs away or has a miscarriage or gets deported.

Plus it’s not just about rednecks, it’s for rednecks. I thought at first it was a show where we laughed at backwards morons who thought that Obama was a socialist, but we’re laughing with the backwards morons about how much of a socialist Obama is. Gross.

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[deleted] t1_j15teyz wrote

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joeshoe70 t1_j15yn05 wrote

It’s 20%, not “most.” We just have to pretend there are a lot of rural Americans (and pretend they contribute a lot to the economy) because they have a lot of political power.

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SmallFunction3364 t1_j16isyx wrote

I hope you like food my friend, water too, and lumber, and most factory produced products because it doesn’t come from your rooftop garden.

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joeshoe70 t1_j18m1p5 wrote

This again? Yes, I buy those things from rural America, in exchange for money. That’s capitalism - it would be helpful for farmers to learn how it works, instead of relying on billions of dollars of welfare (subsidies), which I also pay.

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SmallFunction3364 t1_j18nbch wrote

Which you should pay otherwise you could potentially starve.

Farming is an expensive business. Lucrative yes but it can also devastate you entirely if you have a bad season. Farming is subsided to prevent market crash and maintain consistent soil quality. (Effectively you will be paid not to grow)

Most farmers actually understand economics better than you.

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