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<blockquote data-quote="rocfarm" data-source="post: 1841216" data-attributes="member: 42715"><p>Been thinking a bit about this thread. A thought to consider:</p><p></p><p>In the cattle industry we are not all equals. </p><p></p><p>Some, who have small herds, can't afford the efficiencies and even 'luxuries' of some of the other folks if we want to have a profitable operation that at least pays for itself and gives us a chance to enjoy all of the benefits of land ownership over the long term. And those folks who are 'LAND and cattle' people know what I'm talking about by 'long term' here.</p><p></p><p>Some elites, especially those who are in a position to profit from our small guy disarray, bad habits, lack of liquidity, and 'weak' understanding of the business might encourage us to continue the bad behaviors/bad decision making that leads to weak positions from which to deal/negotiate. Or, at least, these elites won't point out how we can improve. These same elites might also encourage us to discontinue old behaviors that were good for us, continue bad/unhelpful behaviors, adopt new bad behaviors, strategies or decision making processes that don't benefit us, especially over the long term (it's often the slow knife that kills best) all the while knowing they either wouldn't run their operation like that in a million years or that they won't be affected and might even benefit from these things (because they have enough capital to not have to play by the same rules) with the certainty that, on average, the other (small guy) group will lose. They might even use their elite amount of capital to try to influence rule makers in the industry to write rules that, over the long term, slowly choke out a system that currently lets the small guy do fine while also providing a perfectly safe, sustainable beef supply. They then might silently tell themselves that's why they deserve to be elite because they are good decision makers/influencers. They might then publicly laugh when things don't go well for the 'tin foil' guys who react in an inarticulate, bit too hasty way, because, even though the little guy can't pinpoint why she/he is slowly losing the sustainability battle and might mistakenly attribute their slow march to losses/selling out to something seemingly innocuous like EID tags, they do have the sense that something is amiss here, and it could be existential in nature.</p><p></p><p>When things go south, the elite might buy us out at discount, or, maybe worse, be our perpetual overlord/buyers/market maker we have to go to for business support. Then we are at the mercy of the price they want to give.</p><p></p><p>As I live in the city now, I've seen this dynamic more than once in my other business. </p><p></p><p>And it would seem that some folks at elite universities have seen it as well. This guy is way more articulate than myself, and he makes a great case. Check it out<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/luxury-beliefs-that-only-the-privileged-can-afford-7f6b8a16[/URL]</p><p></p><p>So, even though the little guy has won this time on the EID tag issue and I rejoice, I'd still offer this to the other little guys out there:</p><p></p><p>THIS THREAD IS NOT ABOUT EID TAGS.</p><p></p><p>It's about autonomy, good decision making, privacy (your ability to keep your information to yourself so that you can negotiate from a position of strength), and your right and ability to enjoy some of the same advantages that the elite can afford but that we can often not afford, and which many of them don't want us to have access to in an easy manner, anyway, because that would weaken their position of strength.</p><p></p><p>The ability of people who care nothing about your agency or your interests to gather information on anything you do without your express consent is not to your advantage. They won't give you any information about themselves that they don't want you to have. You should deal with them in kind.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rocfarm, post: 1841216, member: 42715"] Been thinking a bit about this thread. A thought to consider: In the cattle industry we are not all equals. Some, who have small herds, can’t afford the efficiencies and even ‘luxuries’ of some of the other folks if we want to have a profitable operation that at least pays for itself and gives us a chance to enjoy all of the benefits of land ownership over the long term. And those folks who are ‘LAND and cattle’ people know what I’m talking about by ‘long term’ here. Some elites, especially those who are in a position to profit from our small guy disarray, bad habits, lack of liquidity, and ‘weak’ understanding of the business might encourage us to continue the bad behaviors/bad decision making that leads to weak positions from which to deal/negotiate. Or, at least, these elites won’t point out how we can improve. These same elites might also encourage us to discontinue old behaviors that were good for us, continue bad/unhelpful behaviors, adopt new bad behaviors, strategies or decision making processes that don’t benefit us, especially over the long term (it’s often the slow knife that kills best) all the while knowing they either wouldn’t run their operation like that in a million years or that they won’t be affected and might even benefit from these things (because they have enough capital to not have to play by the same rules) with the certainty that, on average, the other (small guy) group will lose. They might even use their elite amount of capital to try to influence rule makers in the industry to write rules that, over the long term, slowly choke out a system that currently lets the small guy do fine while also providing a perfectly safe, sustainable beef supply. They then might silently tell themselves that’s why they deserve to be elite because they are good decision makers/influencers. They might then publicly laugh when things don’t go well for the ‘tin foil’ guys who react in an inarticulate, bit too hasty way, because, even though the little guy can’t pinpoint why she/he is slowly losing the sustainability battle and might mistakenly attribute their slow march to losses/selling out to something seemingly innocuous like EID tags, they do have the sense that something is amiss here, and it could be existential in nature. When things go south, the elite might buy us out at discount, or, maybe worse, be our perpetual overlord/buyers/market maker we have to go to for business support. Then we are at the mercy of the price they want to give. As I live in the city now, I’ve seen this dynamic more than once in my other business. And it would seem that some folks at elite universities have seen it as well. This guy is way more articulate than myself, and he makes a great case. Check it out:). [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/luxury-beliefs-that-only-the-privileged-can-afford-7f6b8a16[/URL] So, even though the little guy has won this time on the EID tag issue and I rejoice, I’d still offer this to the other little guys out there: THIS THREAD IS NOT ABOUT EID TAGS. It’s about autonomy, good decision making, privacy (your ability to keep your information to yourself so that you can negotiate from a position of strength), and your right and ability to enjoy some of the same advantages that the elite can afford but that we can often not afford, and which many of them don’t want us to have access to in an easy manner, anyway, because that would weaken their position of strength. The ability of people who care nothing about your agency or your interests to gather information on anything you do without your express consent is not to your advantage. They won’t give you any information about themselves that they don’t want you to have. You should deal with them in kind. [/QUOTE]
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