Comments by "Pob" (@goodlookinouthomie1757) on "We Went to the Farmers' Protest" video.

I'm a farmer's son; I still live and sometimes work on our family farm, although I have my own job elsewhere as a tradesman. Incidentally I earn more personal income than either my dad or my brother, who are the farmers. I have concluded it is nigh on impossible for most non-farmers to truly understand the property-rich, cash-poor concept. Most people could not conceive of why that one farmer at the 3 minute mark would go and get a job elsewhere if he was struggling financially, rather than just sell some land and get the cash. For a farmer, the land is like your body. The idea of selling a chunk of your farm is like having a limb amputated. Especially worse if it has been in the family for generations and is the birthright of your children. Most farmers would feel like a total failure if they ended up having to do that. Which explains a lot of the mental health and sue-ee-side issues that the farming community has.
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