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Leopards Ate My Face

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Brazil and Argentina will pick up the slack.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_soybean_production

Honestly, China already has no reason to continue doing business with the US. The farmers are rightfully fucked. Turns out it’s not “woke” that makes you go broke.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

"Oh no! The consequences of my own actions!"

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (2 children)

No. Double the Tariff on soybeans.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There won't be more tariffs, it'll be an additional permanent loss of the Chinese market.

Farmers are permanently fucking themselves over.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Great, make the last affordable protein out of reach, I'm sure that will go over well

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Eh, we could always buy the extra soybeans to feed hungry people here and abroad through the many welfare programs that… definitely still exist… right?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You're onto something here. Let's have our best engineers weaponize the soybeans to use on protestors

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

When life gives you soybeans…

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

The spirit of capitalism is to destroy surplus

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Do you have any idea how hard it is to get the average person to lean into soy?

In fact, the alt-right have been using it as an insult since 2012 exactly because of its public image

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

You have to call it edamame just to get people to eat it!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Checks notes I am afraid that was cut as well when DOGE hacked through USAID.

The best we can offer the US farmers is thoughts and prayers with a side of leopard eating their faces.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

And do what with it? There is a reason why it's huge in china and Asia, it's a staple. Most people don't like soybeans because it's not eco friendly crop. Also soybean isn't consumed by the majority of people, there better foods out there

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Let's just look at some facts about beans.

Soybeans is the largest export from USA to China. USA is China's second largest source of soybean imports. China has officially decided to put fingers in both ears in regards to Trump's flip flopping on tariffs. Trump has no power over China's domestic tariffs

Well. I don't know what soybean farmers want from Trump, because there's nothing he can do to fix the thing he broke.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Dint china already found a different source of soybeans when trump did this on the first term

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Vote to play stupid games, win your stupid prizes ~ a small-scale farmer (originally form the US, but not farming there now)