• LegionEris [she/her]@feddit.nl
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    11 months ago

    The war in Ukraine proves that farm equipment can and will be converted to war machines during times of crisis. Irreparable tractors will leave our boys in the heartland unable to adequately defend themselves in a land war! We need national security arguments for more things. Our overseas presence is strong, but our homeland is a mess.

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      11 months ago

      Well there’s that too. 🤣 But I was referring to a tractor’s primary function, which is growing food. Havimg a harvest rot in the field because some dipshit needs the line to go up is a problem.

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        11 months ago

        I’m just trying to sell the idea to the war fetishists who get to make all too many decisions around here x_x Rural conservatives voting for the party their daddy and grandaddy did will vote to turn their tractors into tanks. Forget the temporarily embarrassed millionaires. We need the temporarily embarrassed generals vote.

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        11 months ago

        I know youre joking but I used to work for an ITAR electronics manucacturer that also made a lot of parts for the ag industry. So we literally did make tractor parts that were mostly ITAR complaint. All we would have really needed to do to make those parts completely compliant is switch up some of the suppliers used for those products.