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Prairie Gates

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1. Their loans are usually government subsidized anyway

Reply to 70sEraVet (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 10:24 AM

Dec 9

The entire agricultural industry is run as a socialist carve-out, like the defense industry. The people most likely to spout free enterprise nonsense are actually the ones who most benefit from government handouts: farmers, defense contractors, tech bros.

Truly, any nose-ringed tattooed hipster who opens a little tattoo shop in a major city knows more about the market economy than any farmer: they are propped up by the government while they go to their MAGA rallies and cry about socialism.

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