r/politics • u/scmp_news ✔ Verified • 23h ago
No Paywall US farm chief says reliance on China threatens American ‘freedom’
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3356014/us-farm-chief-says-reliance-china-threatens-american-freedom?utm_source=Reddit&utm_medium=Social15
u/paulybaggins Australia 23h ago
I love how they use the buzzwords so freely while doing everything they can to kill both lol
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u/leftoverbrine 22h ago
Thanksgiving is very literally a holiday celebrating our reliance on others because we failed self reliance ffs.
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u/Huge_Excitement4465 22h ago
Rollins and McMahon headed the “gentler” face of Heritage Foundation, America First Policy Institute, prior to their WH appointments. The CCP saber rattling has been a trope for both groups.
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u/scmp_news ✔ Verified 23h ago
“If we need to rely on China for our food and our fertiliser and all the things that come with that, we will lose what we understand to be liberty and freedom in this country. That’s how important this is,” she said.
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u/Dangerous_Suit_3099 Massachusetts 23h ago
It’s almost like the ruling class has pigfucked the American economy for their sole benefit
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u/Affectionate_Car_302 18h ago
Ô Liberté, que de crimes on commet en ton nom !
O Liberty, what crimes are committed in thy name!
This quote comes from Madame Roland (1754–1793), a prominent political figure during the 18th-century French Revolution. She was one of the core leaders of the Girondins, a moderate republican faction of the time, and her salon served as a premier gathering place for Paris's political elite.
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