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minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi WandlinkfedilinkEnglish39•1 month agoThe US is, what, 40% farmland and another 13% wilderness. Add to that the 13th amendment and the most imprisoned populace per capita? The US is absolutely an agrarian slave economy.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•edit-21 month ago<Both? Both. It’s both.jpg> It’s three failing historical empires in a trenchcoat. It’s wild how you can vaguely gesture to almost any terrible moment in history and find strong parallels to modern problems in the US and the world.
minus-square@[email protected]cakelinkfedilink4•1 month ago“yes, we’re here to, uh… See a movie” “Psst, ask if they have any slaves” “Shut up, Rome! You’re gonna get us busted! Ask if they have any tea!”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 month agoHow big part of the economy is farming and how big of a portion of the population does it employ?
The US is, what, 40% farmland and another 13% wilderness. Add to that the 13th amendment and the most imprisoned populace per capita?
The US is absolutely an agrarian slave economy.
<Both? Both. It’s both.jpg>
It’s three failing historical empires in a trenchcoat. It’s wild how you can vaguely gesture to almost any terrible moment in history and find strong parallels to modern problems in the US and the world.
“yes, we’re here to, uh… See a movie”
“Psst, ask if they have any slaves”
“Shut up, Rome! You’re gonna get us busted! Ask if they have any tea!”
How big part of the economy is farming and how big of a portion of the population does it employ?