• melsaskca@lemmy.ca
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    Having a bunch of shadow puppets controlling the food supply is scarier than most of the other trump related bullshit.

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        And the cake will be “free”, as in “each bite adds to your debt and you will serve in our army until it is paid off or you die in the line of duty. In the event you die in the line of duty, your debt will be passed down to your next of kin, who will be forced to pay it until their death.”

        • FauxLiving@lemmy.world
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          Your Costco Hotdog™* payment plan that you qualify for thanks to your continued $150/mo tax Executive Platinum A+ SSJ Membership 🌟

          *contains no meat products. Terms and conditions apply, we know where you live.

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    So, regularatory capture is now announced to fanfare?

    Fuck me. If our treasonous legislature hadn’t been cutting funding for decades, there would be no problem to solve. This is a bullshit “solution” to an engineered problem.

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    While we’re at it, just yank the fucking CDC out of the meat industry. They are administrative bloat and we want to keep them borgers cheap. Thank me later

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    I’m GLAD that we’re able to give HUNDREDS of MILLIONS of Dollars to this Company that paid $0 in Taxes while helping ICE Murder us!

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    Farm security is national security. Through this partnership, Palantir is empowering USDA with core capabilities that will enable it to secure American farmland, enhance supply chain resilience, and shield agricultural programs from fraud, abuse, and foreign adversary influence. In doing so, USDA will gain critical visibility into risks that can affect America’s agricultural production and food supply.

    I’m curious about what this’ll look like in practice.

    Because it sounds like the US federal government is about to make total surveillance a prerequisite for subsidies.

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      I’m confident you’re correct. Also, as always, the surveillance isn’t for the reason they state; it’s just an excuse. They want to monitor all the people. They’ll be able to track when and where everyone goes in rural areas. Urban areas are mostly covered by Flock.

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    The food supply is one of the main levers that the working class has to put pressure on the ruling class. “Securing” the food supply means taking away the possibility for farmers to protest.

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      There is a reason their stock was like 600x price:earnings, now it’s “only” 242x. Tech stocks are aggressive at 30-80x.

      When the fix is in, the fix is in.

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    Sigh. We’re gonna go from third in the world in food safety to like 80th. Speed run.