Posted on 02/17/2020 3:37:31 PM PST by Beave Meister
It’s no wonder he chose to skip the Iowa caucus, given that former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg apparently thinks farmers and manufacturers all across America lack “gray matter."
In a clip just now circulating online, Bloomberg, while speaking at Oxford’s Said Business School back in 2016, explained that "anybody [can] be a farmer," but that it takes "a lot more gray matter" to "think and analyze" enough to work in the tech field.
“I could teach anybody – even people in this room, no offense intended – to be a farmer,” Bloomberg explained. “It's a process. You dig a hole, you put a seed in, you put dirt on top, add water, up comes the corn. You could learn that.”
Bloomberg then switched to insulting manufacturers and tradesmen.
"Then we had 300 years of the industrial society. You put the piece of metal in the lathe, you turn the crank in direction of an arrow, and you can have a job,” he said.
Having a job in information technology, he said, is “fundamentally different, because it’s built around replacing people with technology and the skill sets you need to learn are how to think and analyze and that is a whole degree level different, you need to have different skill set. You have to have a lot more gray matter.”
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Shows Bloomberg’s arrogance. And he manages to be both creepy and geeky.
That's it huh? Nothing about soil Ph, variation of plants and types there needs, soil composition, types of fertilizer, pest control, diseases, sun exposure, moisture content, days to harvest, crop rotation, market aspects, overhead costs, etc. There is a reason why today's professional farmers need to be more educated than ever.
I doubt Mini Mike can even make toast.
Modern 'farm tractors' and their multitude of cousins (seeders, harvesters, combines etc.) are computerized to the max. The modern farmer follows multiple ground and aerial sensors to minimize EXPENSIVE dispersants while maximizing the CHANCE of best yields. AND even then a flood, hail storm or some other disaster can wreck him for a year or worse.
Hey Mikey, stuck your foot in it lately?
LOL... 100%
“even people in this room, no offense intended”
So...he doesn’t want to offend the people in the room but he’s ok with offending the hard working farmers of America.
There is skill and accumulated wisdom involved in farming, it is not all that simple. Maybe it is not computer coding, but there are many elements of judgment and business acumen that come into play, and it is a crap shoot just about every year, anticipating the elements are at least somewhat favorable, and having the skill (or intuition) to know when to go all in or cut your losses.
“More and more,” says Secretary of Agriculture Wickard, “agriculture is becoming an exact science. It is a never-ending science, with many angles that open up avenues leading in all directions. The successful farmer still needs to have a love of the land, and practical experience, and plenty of courage and determination; but in addition he now needs a thorough grounding in the science of his calling. In the future this will be even more true.”
To be successful, a farmer must know a great deal about his land and the products he plans to raise.
Every plant and animal is a complicated organism. He who wishes to succeed in the culture of wheat, rye, corn, tobacco, or cotton, for example, must be thoroughly familiar with the characteristics of the plant, its germination and growth, the diseases and blights to which it is susceptible, and the methods of controlling them. - https://www.historians.org/about-aha-and-membership/aha-history-and-archives/gi-roundtable-series/pamphlets/em-35-shall-i-take-up-farming-(1945)/what-does-it-take-to-be-a-successful-farmer
I’d like to see this arrogant idiot try farming.
I guess he’s so short because somebody forgot to water him https://t.co/WqpzQQa3os— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) February 17, 2020
My spouse showed it to me last night, and both of us laughed uproaringly for 4-5 min straight.
I’d like to see that jackass try farming or tech. Or anything else other than just being an arrogant billionaire with more money than brains.
Love it
Basically he’s saying “Who needs farmers - I just send my staff to the local grocery to buy food”
All farmers need to know is planning for the weather, seed rotation, sampling soil, what chemicals to add to the ground, small engine repair, knowledge of commodities, basic accounting, veterinary skills, resource management, among other things.
OK, Bloomer.
He didn’t say farming wasn’t useful or important.
No one said he said that...However...
Do you think he believes farming is useful or important based on his comments?
Too many people assume you just plant seeds and then 6 months later you pull up your crops. Instead of sprouting beans or dandelions in school, they should make kids try and grow a difficult plant to teach them the importance and difficulty of farming.
City boy doesn’t no squat about farming!
Mike. Eat your computer!
Will we see Bloomberg milking a cow in his next ad? It would be better than the silly gingerbread man.
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