When a head of lettuce costs $12, idiots will realize what the fuck they’ve done and get pissed off. It’ll be a spectacle.
If there’s any lettuce to be found, that is.
this post was submitted on 16 Nov 2024
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Don't worry, in 18 months you will be able to rent them back from the Federal Immigrant Labor Force for just $15 an hours.
The same farmworkers that voted for Trump in the first place?
Edit: I’m not referring to the undocumented workers, but their citizen peers and employers that are currently fighting to keep the undocumented workers from being deported.
FCWA has repeatedly advocated against Trump's policies. Undocumented Immigrants can't vote. Nor do Immigrants duped into voting for Trump deserve to victims of Mass Deportation and Concentration camps.
I’m aware that only citizens can vote. I’m referring to the farm owners and workers (who are citizens) that overwhelmingly voted for Trump are now fighting to protect them from deportation. Did they only expect their competitors’ undocumented workers would be deported?
https://investigatemidwest.org/2024/11/13/trump-election-farming-counties-trade-war/
I know, farming counties are rural and susceptible to the massive amount of disinformation like every rural American. They believe in the same lies about (other illegal) immigrants being criminals and don't think Trump is talking about them, when he absolutely is. Either way they are still deserving to be protected from Trump's policies.
Of course they are. I’m not criticizing the undocumented workers, but their two-faced employers and citizen coworkers.
Totally agree about the employers, the two-tier immigration system is a form of modern day slavery where corporations take advantage of illegal immigrants that have zero worker protections
If you wanna cast them as a monolith to make it easier to throw blame at them then sure I suppose.
I’m not casting. More US farm counties voted for Trump than in his previous two elections.
Trump won 433/444 farm-dependent counties this election. That’s 97.5%.
https://investigatemidwest.org/2024/11/13/trump-election-farming-counties-trade-war/
Did he win 100% of the votes in those counties becsuse if not then you 100% are casting, not to mention you're also assuming everyone in those counties works on the farms themselves. Your data doesn't support your conclusions without jumps of logic.
This is the way.
Well, no there is one better way……..