Posted on 07/06/2022 8:27:24 AM PDT by MtnClimber
One of the many assurances we are given by our corporate overlords and their minions in the liberal press is that we should be more like Europe. By that they mean we should accept a social welfare nanny state and surrender our rights to our betters in the elite. The Dutch don’t seem to have gotten that memo.
About a week ago the government of the Netherlands announced it was declaring war on the nation’s farmers. In order to reduce what it considers nitrogen pollution the government has adopted a policy of drastically reducing herds, forcing many farmers out of business and cutting back on meat, pork, poultry, and dairy products for human consumption. The government wants to eliminate one-third of Holland’s 50,000 farms by 2030.
In response, all hell has broken loose.
Dutch farmers have blocked supermarkets, food distribution centers, and roads in protests this week. Supermarket shelves are bare throughout the Netherlands as food distribution has been brought to a standstill. Wednesday morning, farmers are expected to demonstrate at the Groningen Airport Elde, according to Dutch media. The farmers have been joined now by Dutch fishermen who are blockading ports in solidarity.
On Monday farmers appeared at the home of the Nature and Nitrogen Minister Van der Wal-Zeggelink. Hay was burned, fireworks were set off and a police car was pushed out of the way so tractors could enter the street. Farmers also emptied a tanker containing slurried manure into the roadway. Police were apparently unable to disperse the assembled farmers due to the size of the protest.
Farmers also protested in the Netherlands’ political capital, The Hague, where two cows were brought to participate in the protests as well. Prime Minister Mark Rutte called the actions “unacceptable and out of proportion” and condemned the farmers’ actions. He has characterized the massive protests as the actions of a small minority and demanded they stop. His comments have been echoed by other members of his administration.
There’s some video out there showing a guy bringing a WW II era tank to the protests, not sure of the make but sort of resembled a US Sherman that was still in working condition.
Might be very interesting if the guy had a few working rounds for the tank.
Call me pessimistic, but Rutte is the Dutch Trudeau. He believes this is a challenge to him personally and will not compromise one centimeter.
He will crush the farmers like Justin did the truckers, and the citizens of the Netherlands, like Canadians, will sit on the sidelines and do nothing but watch it all go down.
The government wants to eliminate one-third of Holland’s 50,000 farms by 2030.
Stalin may be dead but his ways live on even here in the states we have the same problems with them.
NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT
” Nature and Nitrogen Minister.”
FFS
Really?!
The government wants to eliminate one-third of Holland’s 50,000 farms by 2030.
That is changing the lives of 50,000 families permanently in less than 8 years. these families have most likely been working these farms for multiple generations.
I am willing to bet the paycheck that this land will not go un-farmed. These farms will be come corporate farms.
This smells of Bill Gates and his buying up of farms.
This action of government will forcibly devalue land making it cheap for the wealthy to buy up land.
Gonna be hard to give them hell after they let themselves be disarmed .
In response, all hell has broken loose."
It should!
Yes it is a version of the Sherman tank.
Wow, that one video of the highway convoy was absolutely amazing! That’s how you do it......
C'mon......that has to be made up.......
Their Politicians are also full of Nitrogen
how does this work?
reduce domestic food production and import more food?
will the dutch people eat less?
one thing for certain the dutch govt is expanding its control
maybe that is the one true goal
“But if they fail to comply, the government has warned it could even take the very sensitive step of expropriating land from recalcitrant farmers.”
https://www.urdupoint.com/en/agriculture/dutch-cow-farmers-face-tough-climate-choices-1440989.html
The government will simply take the farmland away from those who resist.
Probably will not be too long before Davos proxy governments just outright shoot people who do not comply.
Maybe these 2022 Dutch geniuses haven't thought of breaking down the dykes! That'll get rid ofl those pesky polluting farms once and for all!
It's been suggested that Rome fell because large numbers of the population had lead poisoning and their brains didn't function adequately. Has anyone checked contemporary European population for anything like that?
Imagine a government being so woke-bloated-bureaucratic that it has a "nitrogen minister?"
Its like something from an Ayn Rand novel.
Interesting take. Land is a premium in Europe, I’m sure many have plans for what they’d want to do with it.
Actually someone brought out an old World War Two Sherman tank stored in his barn for the last 77 years and rolled it down a street. I imagine that will discourage the police from shooting at farmers.
All that cannabis is showing
Useful for crushing police cars and squishing police.
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