Hmm, the farmer interviewed in the article farms 570 ha - maybe consider a restoration of smaller-scale farms and restoration of the commons before complaining about criminals roaming lands the size of an entire village?
The concentration of ownership into fewer and fewer hand means that smaller farmers had to sell out to the big guys, a process that has been going on for very long. When there is nothing left but large swatches of land owned by single persons what is normal folk supposed to do? Turn into serfs again? It’s not even possible anymore because most farmers will just import the cheapest farmhand from other countries because nobody can live a dignified life from the pittance they pay workers.
Not to forget, with large areas of land in a single hand comes monoculture and all the destruction associated with it.
Fuck it, distribute the land to the crime gangs and teach them how to garden.
I wouldn’t necessarily blame the farmer for the situation they find themselves in. Any kind of land or farming reform needs to come from government.
The farmers themselves have to come to their senses as well and support these government reforms or eventually the crime gangs might take the land and eat the owner. After that is done I hope we can return to a commons system of land use.
Rural crime gangs? Like white supremacists?
