Spain’s economy is the envy of Europe, but the plight of its strawberry pickers tells another story

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• ileftreddit@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The envy of Europe? Weren’t they going bankrupt like a couple years ago? What about Germany and France, or the Nordic bloc?

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  • crandlecan@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah… That was a very surprising description of Spain.

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• medem@lemmy.wtf ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s just typical capitalism. In order to achieve anything that looks like amazing growth/innovation/pricing, you MUST f*** someone in the butt (typically those at the very bottom of the hierarchy).

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  • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Hey, now. No need to be judgy, friend. In English, that’s generally phrased as “fucking someone over”, btw.

    FWIW, the puritanical origins of such demonizing non-reproductive sex acts should be beneath us as a species, at this late-stage (eg. “sodomy”, according to many laws across the globe, is defined as anything other than missionary position, incl. oral and manual stimulation — because the Church/Temple/etc. needs fresh blood and butts in seats, not independent happiness & fulfillment that said religious institution doesn’t have their hand on the tap of…)

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