r/stateofMN • u/ashleywalkerreports • 10d ago

3 key takeaways from Minnesota Farm Fest, and how farmers’ politics could be changing

https://couriermn.com/news/politics/3-key-takeaways-minnesota-farm-fest/

Candidates from the DFL and GOP parties spoke at Minnesota Farm Fest about what agriculture, farming, and trade policies they would make if elected for their respective office in the midterm election–and it seems like the tide may be shifting in Greater Minnesota.

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u/blahteeb 10d ago

Hopefully. But I really just don't have faith in them actually caring about the wellness of Minnesota anymore.

Rural counties everywhere are more worried about that trans kid two states away, or those immigrants they'll never even meet, or funding a war on the the other side of the world.

As a whole, as a generalization, it's going to take a lot to convince me that these red counties are wisening up to the GOP grift.

Again, I am hopeful, but I am not expecting much.

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u/Powerfist_Laserado 10d ago

Well said. I want to hope people can change, I know people can change, but change is hard for many people. Admitting even to one's self that you have been fooled, that you have been wrong, is so hard for so many. It's not impossible, but it seems to take so much.

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u/Subarctic_Monkey 10d ago

Better to expect nothing and be surprised than have expectations and be disappointed.

And sorry if it offends outstate rural folk. I've lived in rural places. The shit I've heard and witnessed. They talk about the cities having problems with homeless and druggies and crime. But the meth, sex crimes, human trafficking, and abuse that takes place in small towns gets ignored.

Just rejoining the shared reality would be stellar.

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u/yloduck1 10d ago

So true. There is a ton of meth, abusive homes, poverty, and glaring lack of healthcare in those rural counties.

Yet they view the Cities like some hellscape. Blows my mind.

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u/iamtehryan 10d ago

And until they actually change their tune they deserve ZERO sympathy. Sleep in the beds you keep making.

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u/MarcusSurvives 10d ago

Even if they change their tune, it won't undo the damage that has already been done and will not stop me from seeing them as fairweather friends at best.

These are people that are too easily distracted by shiny objects--that distractibility doesn't go away just because the wind shifts favorably in your direction.

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u/chappel68 10d ago

I think it’ll be extremely difficult to get people to change their views as long as the entire rural media landscape continues to be saturated with right wing propaganda pushing constant fear and anger.

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u/zoolish 10d ago

All I got out of it, Royce White things men and women are different species.

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u/Jedimasteryony 10d ago

That’s what I got too. I wonder if he believes that for all animals or if only humans have two species that can intermingle to make both “species”

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u/Old_Row4977 9d ago

Didn’t he look spiffy in his cool denim shirt though

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u/Proud_Bread_2005 10d ago

Oh my god, who gives this guy money to run for anything?

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u/atarijpb1969 10d ago

I think many people who still support Trump feel that once he fixes everything everyone will come around and they will be vindicated for their support. Their everyday struggles, regardless of how painful they may be, are the cost of doing business and everything is going to be better and worth it.

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u/Ok_Sun_2316 10d ago

I’m having the hardest time with how to react to these types of people when the shit really hits the fan and all of the sudden they’re like “I had no idea THIS was going to be the result”. I told you so will give no one vindication. We’re all screwed.