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But why? Why do we need to stop rurality and farming? If people want to keep doing it, why stop them?



I don't care, but a few decades ago we signed some papers at the EU level that said we should stop doing them in the way we do them. I know it sucks, but the Dutch are fast at pointing out other countries' misbehaviour so it's IMO only fair that we comply with what we said we would do.

Massive simplification, but I don't think it's a completely unfair characterisation.


> I don't care

Well, It's easy to see why you get backlash when you tell people to change their way of life, get asked for a reason, and say you don't care.


I meant “I don’t want them to stop farming, personally”. It is not up to me. It’s not personal.


Oh, no worries :)




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