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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Damn now I just need a tractor and manure spreader

[–] perestroika@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Farmers are a bit feared by authorities all over the world.

  • access to bulk quantities of unpleasant biological products
  • ability to create obstacles which cannot be easily removed with cop power
  • ability to easily overcome obstacles created with cop power
  • ability to go off road with machines, while cops can only do that on foot
  • they're often quite organized too and protect each other
[–] keepthepace@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago

(Here in France) also:

  • Heavily unionized
  • Armed (there are a lot of hunters in their ranks)

And it is shocking how much more empathy the authorities have for them when they can't easily stop them.

[–] punkisundead@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not all of the video is from France. Part is from Berlin (Germany), especially the first and second bit with the long line of agrar machines.

[–] keepthepace@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago

Tiergarten! Yeah, good luck seeing such an orderly protest in France!