Comment on Something’s Poisoning America’s Land. Farmers Fear ‘Forever’ Chemicals. | Fertilizer made from city sewage has been spread on millions of acres of farmland for decades.

vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Clent@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Hard to have any sympathy for anyone when the problem is one caused by their own voting choices when an alternative exist and they refuse it.

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  • Septimaeus@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Feels good to blame victims at a distance, doesn’t it

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    • Clent@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They aren’t victims. That’s my point.

      I’m sure it fells good for you to feel that they are and that you’re out there defending them.

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      • Septimaeus@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I don’t know any American farmers, but I suspect they have limited options of who to vote for, and even when they diligently vote correctly at every opportunity, their candidates are incentivized to betray them the moment they take office. The more important truth, however, is this:

        When some misfortune befalls your fellow man, this instinct to bury pity with contempt hurts you more than it hurts them.

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