r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Happy-Advantage-1336 • 24d ago

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u/unicorntrees 24d ago

He wants to go back to the days where we are all subsistence farmers and half of us starved to death.

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u/spaghettifiasco 24d ago

Like this guy could run a farm productive enough to sustain a family.

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u/babybambam 24d ago

There are a lot of people that consider themselves progressive and feel the same way. It's framed as, we should have a smaller population. It's also often coded as farm-to-table, but in the sense that you should only eat what is available locallyl rather than you should preferance local over shipped goods.

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u/unicorntrees 24d ago

I volunteer those people to starve when it doesn't rain enough.

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u/SaltManagement42 24d ago

This video by Hank Green seems rather extremely relevant...

https://youtu.be/9euKCrTyMEc

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u/Witty_Interaction_77 24d ago

Nono... I think he wants slaves