Little Cow said:
I think there are several reasons.
The spiritual has been eliminated from most of public life.
Most people came from farms back then. Now, it's very few and they think farming is easy. A disdain towards farmers began with the invention of suburbs and has only gotten worse. We're just dumb hillbillies/hicks/rednecks, etc...
In the not so old days, Democrats stood up for farmers and rural areas had pro life Democrats. That animal is extinct, I believe. I still know some old party Democrats, but most have changed over. It's whole 'nother mean world now as far as politics. I don't want to discuss specifics about the parties. I don't like any politicians.
I agree. I grew up on a row crop farm. I know how hard Dad and my Grandpa's worked. I was away from it for almost 40 years. We are back now, and the weather, the government, the costs are all killing the farmer, and yet they persevere. They are big farms now, with bigger challenges.
Americans do not give the farmers and ranchers the respect they deserve, and God knows they don't get the prices they need.
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Suburban folks don't understand us at all. I can't relate to them either. They'll always say stuff like "Did you see that football game and Saturday" - "No, I have to haul firewood and feed calves"