People who won’t give a fuck about this: anybody with decision making power.
People who will: the people who have to clean it up.
Because someone else has to clean it up – someone who earns less than the farmers “protesting”.
This is just a cunty thing to do.
The only people that will suffer are the poor fuckers who have to clean it up.
Because of people who will post and have posted some of the replies you see here.
There’s no food on a lot f of shelves in supermarkets in Holland today.
Don’t mess with farmers, you need them more than they need you.
I am a Dutch-man living in Ireland. The farmers that do this kind of stuff deserve to be arrested. Somehow a situation has come about where some farmers act like they’re above the law, and the lack of direct punitive action has lead to this sort of becoming true. Generally, they’ve been using their tractors to block food-distribution centers, highways, and what not at the expense of companies and private individuals. However, they’ve also destroyed some public lands (earmarked for Natura2000), and stuff like the above clip.
The goal they’re fighting for is complicated. They say they’re fighting for the existence of the farmer as is. However, the issue is not as clear-cut. Its all happening in the context of new Dutch nitrogen law, that is supposed to limit our nitrogen production.. The Netherlands is one of the largest producers of nitrogen in Europe. Over the past few years we’ve far exceeded our cap, and mitigating measures are required. This means interventions in sectors like the fisheries, agriculture, but also construction (a problem because as in Ireland there is an undersupply off, affordable, housing). However, by and large the production of nitrogen has come through agriculture (60%), with the large cattle farmers producing the brunt of it.
The main measure by the government has been offering buy-outs to farmers, with more indirect measures to be decided over time through local government initiatives that are still to be decided on. Likely it will require a back and forth between stakeholders, and tailoring of measures towards different forms of agriculture focussed on the local level (think county). However, the rhetoric used by representatives of farmer organisations make it seem like any future measures will force farmers to close shop. Yet, it’s obviously much more nuanced than that, even though farmers will have to cope with a new reality, as everyone will, there will be supports.
Generally, I empathise with the farmers that are required to change their companies, and I’d advocate the government to support them in their adaptation. Yet, these forms of protest do mean that such support (mine included) is waning.
It would happen if they did what the Dutch government is doing
if you’re angry at let’s say a decision to do with agriculture policy and you do this to their building.
The minister will work from a different office and hundreds of staff who have no impact on decisions will have to work through it and a dozen or so people who are totally unrelated will be the ones who clean it up.
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People who won’t give a fuck about this: anybody with decision making power.
People who will: the people who have to clean it up.
Because someone else has to clean it up – someone who earns less than the farmers “protesting”.
This is just a cunty thing to do.
The only people that will suffer are the poor fuckers who have to clean it up.
Because of people who will post and have posted some of the replies you see here.
There’s no food on a lot f of shelves in supermarkets in Holland today.
Don’t mess with farmers, you need them more than they need you.
I am a Dutch-man living in Ireland. The farmers that do this kind of stuff deserve to be arrested. Somehow a situation has come about where some farmers act like they’re above the law, and the lack of direct punitive action has lead to this sort of becoming true. Generally, they’ve been using their tractors to block food-distribution centers, highways, and what not at the expense of companies and private individuals. However, they’ve also destroyed some public lands (earmarked for Natura2000), and stuff like the above clip.
The goal they’re fighting for is complicated. They say they’re fighting for the existence of the farmer as is. However, the issue is not as clear-cut. Its all happening in the context of new Dutch nitrogen law, that is supposed to limit our nitrogen production.. The Netherlands is one of the largest producers of nitrogen in Europe. Over the past few years we’ve far exceeded our cap, and mitigating measures are required. This means interventions in sectors like the fisheries, agriculture, but also construction (a problem because as in Ireland there is an undersupply off, affordable, housing). However, by and large the production of nitrogen has come through agriculture (60%), with the large cattle farmers producing the brunt of it.
The main measure by the government has been offering buy-outs to farmers, with more indirect measures to be decided over time through local government initiatives that are still to be decided on. Likely it will require a back and forth between stakeholders, and tailoring of measures towards different forms of agriculture focussed on the local level (think county). However, the rhetoric used by representatives of farmer organisations make it seem like any future measures will force farmers to close shop. Yet, it’s obviously much more nuanced than that, even though farmers will have to cope with a new reality, as everyone will, there will be supports.
Generally, I empathise with the farmers that are required to change their companies, and I’d advocate the government to support them in their adaptation. Yet, these forms of protest do mean that such support (mine included) is waning.
It would happen if they did what the Dutch government is doing
if you’re angry at let’s say a decision to do with agriculture policy and you do this to their building.
The minister will work from a different office and hundreds of staff who have no impact on decisions will have to work through it and a dozen or so people who are totally unrelated will be the ones who clean it up.