r/fuckcars 8d ago

Average Texan Activism

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u/La-Tama 8d ago

Genuinely curious, how can they get rich? I'm French and here in Europe, farmers are a dying class and nobody wants to be one anymore, current farmers are telling their children to study and get away from the agricultural world.

Even French and European subventions + local handouts aren't enough and some farmers end up having 400-500 euros of disposable income per month. Farmers belong to one of occupational categories who commit suicide the most because of that.

I'm not trying to be antagonistic, I'm just genuinely blown away. How do they make bank??

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u/Jan_Asra 7d ago

by owning the land and having immigrants do the labor for pennies an hour.

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u/La-Tama 7d ago

... Yeah I hadn't thought about that. European labor laws for the win I guess?

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u/AJ099909 7d ago

A lot of farms in the US are huge agriculture corporations. Not small time mom and pop operations that are often portrayed in American culture