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Why Farmers Voted For Trump (www.youtube.com)

submitted 10 months ago by TechnoMaoist@lemmygrad.ml to c/us_news@lemmygrad.ml

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This video argues that American farmers who voted for Trump with the full knowledge of its potential effects. Trump would escalate the trade war and tank the farm commodities market. Yet, these farmers are all petit bourgeois, and they expected Trump's policies to benefit them overall. (ie. lower taxes, fewer regulations, continued bailouts)

As one of the comments puts it, American farmers are "farm owners" and not "farm workers". Any and all bailouts will ultimately benefit the petite and haute bourgeois who own these farms. And that's the way they like it.

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[–] TankieReplyBot@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 10 months ago

I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: