Data center builders thought farmers would willingly sell land, learn otherwise

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Lemmy

Farmers are already millionaires and they get to live on a farm.

Data center buys their farm and they gotta move into a town like all the poors.

Farmers are already millionaires

Is that really what you think

They’re rich in assets. Land and equipment is valuable. There are lots of farms that don’t make a cent while others are insanely well off. The well off farms get government subsidies just like the poor farmers.

Where did the money for the farm equipment come from? Likely debt, often still being paid.

If wealthy farmers were common, we’d have a lot more farmers

The wealth comes from the fact that there’s a lot less farmers than there used to be. Every failed farm means more land for whoever snatches up that land.

The poor family farms will be gobbled up by rich farmers or corporations. Consolidation of farms is just like all the other consolidation in our economy.