• ICE raids on farms risk food supply chain disruption

  • Farmworkers illegally in the US are in hiding

  • Crops are unharvested and rotting

    • PTSDwarrior@lemmy.ml
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      11 hours ago

      Prisoners can’t fill every need. Also, they aren’t typically used as janitors, which is also largely filled by immigrants. Or wait staff at restaurants, or car wash attendants.

      • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        9 hours ago

        I mean, there’s also the whole “wait staff and car wash attendants aren’t necessary to the survival of a civilization” thing. Crop workers are absolutely vital to the long-term survival of civilization, but we could live perfectly fulfilling lives without car washes or restaurants.

        It’s important to remember that the entire world is only 3-5 missed meals away from anarchy. And not the nice “everyone in a neighborhood banding together to protect and feed their neighbors” type of anarchy either.