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flashman13

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4. All this happened in rural America even before the Great Crash of '29.
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 11:56 AM
Friday

Could this be an omen of worse things to come?

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FAFO we can do it Friday #1
And they would vote for Trump again if they could. Just not a black woman. BradBo Friday #2
How devastatingly sad, but 100% fucking true. OverBurn Friday #19
Oh, man, if only there was a way to avoid the entirely predictable consequences RockRaven Friday #3
All this happened in rural America even before the Great Crash of '29. flashman13 Friday #4
I know it may be a little satisying to point and say, "FAFO". Climate Crusader Friday #5
Good luck with that, they are in for some serious psychic pain when they realize how much they were conned Blues Heron Friday #6
We have spent the last 30-40 years reaching out to these folks, mwmisses4289 Friday #7
That is exactly what they say about us. Climate Crusader Friday #10
There's an underlying animus that is enthusiastically expressed against farmers here. littlemissmartypants Friday #16
I remember in the '70's and '80's moniss Friday #20
And this is just Arkansas. The problem is national in scope. patphil Friday #8
When Rome used to invade and conquer, one of the first things was to burn the crops to make the populations LiberalArkie Friday #9
That's a good question. I think the people who have caused this haven't thought that through. patphil Friday #11
I think that if Khrushchev was still present, everyone would know. As Russia still hates the U.S. with a passion we LiberalArkie Friday #13
Big Ag going to buy up those family farms duckworth969 Friday #15
So, we need a wizard to give brains, heart, and courage to people who appear to have none. Perhaps they just sleep. patphil Friday #23
And the department of Ag used to support local smaller scale farms growing high quality crops Botany Friday #21
And yet food prices are still through the roof LT Barclay Friday #12
Oh no! I'm being owned! BaronChocula Friday #14
Also of note about the land values is that moniss Friday #17
no worries...private equity will buy it all up... ret5hd 18 hrs ago #29
MAGA is really owning the libs by bringing down grocery prices IronLionZion Friday #18
The video never explains WHY commodity prices have crashed. Fil1957 Friday #22
Because our foreign grain buyers took their business elsewhere IbogaProject Friday #24
This message was self-deleted by its author Fil1957 18 hrs ago #25
Thanks for that. I had heard only that China was cutting back on soybeans and nothing about the other staple crops. The Fil1957 18 hrs ago #26
It's animal cruelty, is what it is. Ocelot II 18 hrs ago #27
They can wear their MAGA hats to their foreclosures. They probably will, dopes. dem4decades 18 hrs ago #28
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