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Irish_Dem

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10. Farmers can be quite insular and removed from the real world.

Reply to ananda (Reply #9)

Tue Oct 7, 2025, 05:35 PM

Oct 7

They have been subsided heavily by the govt for decades.
So feel a bit special and privileged.

Also they have lived their entire lives in small town rural America.
Little or no diversity and proud of it.

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