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Pro-Trump Idaho Farming Town 'Nearly Destroyed' As ICE Raid Leaves Community Without Harvest Workers (www.ibtimes.co.uk)

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Nobody in Wilder, Idaho expected this. The tiny farming town of 1,725 people—where nine out of ten voters backed Donald Trump in 2024—is now scrambling to figure out what comes next after federal immigration agents swept through in mid-October and arrested more than 100 Hispanic workers at a local horse racetrack. So far, 75 people have been deported, and the farms that keep this place running are facing a labour shortage with no easy fix in sight.

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[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Even then, I live on stolen land. I didn't steal it myself, but at some layer I'm complicit, because I bought it from someone who bought it from someone else... Until you get to the guy that stole it in the first place, and he probably stole it because of the value it would have in the future. I don't want to be here, but I don't have anywhere else to go. Even my own backyard is rooted in human misery.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

We have to move forward and make reparations where possible, and try to live a better consumer lifestyle. But until billionaires are brought into check this world is rife with exploitation.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

We have to move forward and make reparations where possible

Agreed, but it can be hard to find the path when it hasn't really been used for decades. At a certain point, you're just trampling a new path to somewhere, over the stuff that is just trying to exist in the gaps.