Democrats in the 1860s:

If we free the slaves, then who will pick the cotton?

Democrats in the 2020s:

If we deport the illegals, then who will pick the vegetables?

The Age of Aquarious

or “the water bearer”

what is a “water bearer”?

a water bearer was a job. an occupation.

the job was to go and fetch water for people who didn’t want to fetch their own water

they say when you carry your own water, you appreciate every drop

but what about the rest of us?

do we truly appreciate every drop of water?

i had just learned about the concept of a water bearer the day before i took a trip to a big city…

as we were pulling into downtown, i noticed a man standing on a street corner, holding up a bottle of water. by his feet was a big cooler, presumably full of ice cold water bottles

and my jaw hit the floor, because i had two very conflicting feelings about this man.

on the one hand, he struck me as a street hustler

but on the other hand, i recognized and respected the simple genius of his water hustle

his water hustle was as old as the art hustling

He is the modern day water bearer,

hustling in the age of indoor plumbing and refrigeration

But enough about water,

Lets talk about food…

Do you get your food from a grocery store?

Theres a big supply chain behind much of the food you eat

Let start with animal protein.

Do you personally know any ranchers or farmers?

Do you know the state of iowa has a population of 18,000,000 pigs

But only 3,000,000 people?

And yet, you will never see a pig in iowa, because they live their entire life in CAFOs

CAFO: Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations

Emphasis on “Concentrated”

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

These pigs live their entire lives from birh to death in these industrial scale pig feeding operations

I want you to know that pigs are highly intelligent animals, that are on par with dogs, and in fact some people keep pigs as pets.

So while eating pork is popular in our culture,

Every culture had food taboos

Eating beef is taboo in India

Eating dogs and cats is taboo in Indiana

Anyway, these “CAFO’s” employ people who are probably transient and illegal.

They are out in the middle of nowehere, the work is horrible, you “never don’t” smell like pig shit and urine

the workers at least get to go home between shifts,

The pigs never get a breath of fresh air

They live their entire life, every breath, over a manure pit

But the workers just come and go.

These workers aren’t “lifers”

They aren’t “family farmers” going back 5 generations…

These are workers that were doing different work before, and will be doing different work later…

So on the one hand, you may celebrate that the illegals are being deported,

And you may celebrate when even more illegals self-deport and leave the USA…

Who will feed your pigs?

I actually know a man who works in a CAFO… about to retire after like 30 years

His mom is an illegal…

He was born here… and he’s almost retirement age

If you eat pork, esp at chain stores, then that supply chain is being maintained by the adult child of an illegal

Actually, i know this guys mom too. She’s awesome. Grew up in Mexico, came to Cali on vacation, fell in love with a white guy fresh out of prison. They were married until he died a few years ago. Shes not well herself. Dementia, in a home… she tried numerous times to be legal but somehow her paperwork always “got lost” after she submitted it.

And shes a devout Christian,

Goes to church every sunday

Her son teaches sunday school when hes not working in a CAFO

Actually, he texts me sermons and bible discussions every day

I can share some here if anyone wants

Anyway, in theory this guy is the son of an illegal, and his citizenship is now in question

He won’t be working in CAFO forever, but who will take his place when he leaves?

Will it be you?

Will it be your children or grandchildren?

TLDR: jewish guy owns kosher slaughter house, employs mostly illegals.

Trump thinks he deserves clemency but why?

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

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

The midwest has several of the worlds largest pork slaughterhouses.

Highly automated, high tech

they say “how a society now treats its own animals, is how that society will soon treat its own people”

These slaughterhouses need a constant supply of new laborers, because the nature of the work is extremely repetitive, which causes predictable problems like “carpel tunnel syndrome”

A worker in these slaughterhouses has a target on his back after 4-5 years, to get rid of the workers that they know will soon be having medical problems that require medical care and so worker will be unable to work anyway…

these slaughterhouses hire in waves

30 years ago, it was what we called Mexicans but was anybody south of border

Then it was Bosnians, white muslims. Supposedly refugees from war torn country, but somehow refugees came from both sides of conflict.

Thats convenient. Create a crisis. Force refugees to flee to USA, then offer them temp jobs in packinghouse

Then they came from the Congo,

hard working refugees, no doubt, just dying to do the grunt work that those Bosnians were too lazy to do…

One day i was in the state of Mississippi and i saw a massive John Deere tractor coming down the road toward me

And as it got close enough, i noticed the operator was a very old black man. I wondered if he owned the tractor, or if he was just a hired hand.

Thats the beauty of America…

But heres the thing about “freeing the slaves” by giving them the illusion of control of a brand new tractor…

And the slaves just packing up their tools and just leaving and not coming back ….

In the ag industry, there is much “produce” that will rot on the vine if its not harvested at a very specific time…

The “migrants” who pick the fruits and vegetables “migrate” to where the work is.

You only harvest for a while, then theres no more harvest work in that area, so the workers are forced to move, or migrate

These workers come and go, and you barely notice them,

But what if one day these migrant workers don’t come around anymore?

Who will pick the cotton?

Who will get to drive the shiney new tractor?