Rebecca Carlson planned to use a USDA grant to hire overseas workers for her cherry harvest. A funding freeze has left her in debt and unsure whether she can hire the workers.

Farmer relies on government grants and immigrant workers.

Farmer votes for candidate who vows to block government grants and immigrant workers.

Farmer is surprised when government grants and immigrant workers are blocked.

    • Allonzee@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      Stupid I could pity. Simply stupid people are society’s wards.

      These people are malicious, and vote for policies sold on the basis of cruelty for cruelty’s sake to people who aren’t them.

      Their malice Trumps their stupidity, especially because most of these people don’t suffer some cognitive deficit, but have been trained to be willfully ignorant with for profit media using cruelty as the training incentive. That’s the stupidity you choose.

    • DharkStare@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      3 days ago

      I really don’t understand how these people think. A person reliant on government funding and immigrant workers votes for the guy who campaigned on cutting government funding and getting rid of immigrants.