He just demonstrated his ignorance of the technical complexities of modern farming.
To: babble-on
He didnt say farming wasnt useful or important.
He just demonstrated his ignorance of the technical complexities of modern farming.
The corollary he posited was to NON-farmers, giving these educated city dwellers the elevated status OVER farmers.
Those who choose to reframe his stupidity to qualities of farming consciously misdirect for the purposes of minimizing his obvious ignorance and arrogance.