Since there's so much misinformation on the #FarmerProtests, aided and abetted by the idiotic 'Thank a farmer if you had dinner' argument, here's a list of proper pieces I've come across on the protests
1) The need for Punjab to diversify

indianexpress.com/article/opinio…
2) The ambiguous heroism of the fabled Indian farmer

@manujosephsan
3)
Why Farmers Are Protesting Against Laws Which Will ‘Supposedly’ Help Them

@kaul_vivek

vivekkaul.com/2020/09/21/why…
4) Ongoing farmer protests have no parallels in recent memory

livemint.com/news/india/ong…
"Without MSP we will become like the Bihar farmer who comes every year to plant paddy on our fields"

(Sums it up)
5) A revolt of the rich peasants of Punjab, Haryana livemint.com/opinion/column…
6) The myth of the farm vote in India, in three charts

(You often hear farmers are anti-NDA, but 47% farmers voted for the NDA in 2019, 9% more than 2014)
livemint.com/news/india/the…
Farmers voted for the ruling coalition in large numbers in the last Lok Sabha elections datawrapper.de/_/NFQIU/
Paddy grown in Bihar, UP is illegally procured and sold in Punjab.

Who buys it? The Centre.

With whose money? :)

indianexpress.com/article/explai…
BTW, it's not a small amount. About 4-5 million tonnes is transported from other states which the government is 'forced' to buy.

To borrow a quote from the BLM chaps: "When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.”
Though, it's not without reason that farmers are worried. Change is scary.

livemint.com/news/india/pri…

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