01-16-2017, 12:35 PM
Quote:My money is on the farmers, who are overwhelmingly Republican these days. Can't get the <insert fruit or vegetable> picked? Scream about lack of access to farm labor.
... and it doesn't have to be arugula or quinoa. Lettuce will do.
Who, all five of them?
Hyperbole aside, the present agricultural system is filled with 70 year old men dependent on federal subsidies and price support and illegal labor. It's ripe for disruption anyways, and I don't believe it has the demographic or political clout it once had.
Yes, yes, I know, any changes in present arrangements will lead inevitably to famine / universal poverty / endless reruns of Lena Dunham's naked body on basic television.