• D61 [any]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    Not using the correct words maybe, landlord or business owner, would clear things up.

    You say “farmer” and somebody is imagining a dude in coveralls riding a tractor around a field for funsies. Not porky-happy

    • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      A big part of it is really that this whole image of the humble, hard-workin’ independent farmer has been cultivated in order to obfuscate the actual nature of modern farming.

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        2 months ago

        “Im a plumber!”, says the guy who owns a plumbing business but hasn’t touched a pipewrench in 20 years.