This is scary stuff. Yet another reason to avoid meat, beef especially: https://youtu.be/hRTfk4Y8tws?si=U3EhsJdl7sz6acdr #corporatefood #foodsupply #corporateagriculture #beef #GoPlantBased

Dutch "Farmer's Party" ties to BigAg PR firm:

"How BBB’s monster victory was prepared for years from an inconspicuous business premises in Deventer"

https://archive.ph/emvmh

Use a translator service.

Calling this astroturfing would be putting it mildly. The party is the "offspring" of a PR agency with close ties to Big Agro corporate sector.

Imagine a PR agency creating a party and calling it a "people's movement". It's certainly a PR success, but calling it democracy is a joke.

Story reported here, in case you're looking for more sources: https://twitter.com/zdboren/status/1746871735817834909 Another explainer article is mentioned here: https://pietlekkerkerk.blogspot.com/2023/10/de-dddubieuze-start-van-bbb-financiele.html

At stake are the Business As Usual profits tied to the Agro sector, based on the combination of BigAg + input producers, especially the meat sector, subsidized massively directly and indirectly, plus the savings from not paying the penalties from destroying the planet. It's always about money.

I'd call this the a party of the rural bourgeoisie.

#BoerBurgerBeweging #astroturfing #BigAg #BBB #Dutch #meatIndustry #CorporateAgriculture #BusinessAsUsual #BAU