• perestroika@slrpnk.net
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    11 days ago

    Farmers are a bit feared by authorities all over the world.

    • access to bulk quantities of unpleasant biological products
    • ability to create obstacles which cannot be easily removed with cop power
    • ability to easily overcome obstacles created with cop power
    • ability to go off road with machines, while cops can only do that on foot
    • they’re often quite organized too and protect each other
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      1 day ago

      (Here in France) also:

      • Heavily unionized
      • Armed (there are a lot of hunters in their ranks)

      And it is shocking how much more empathy the authorities have for them when they can’t easily stop them.