Track_Shovel to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months agoWithdrawal is going to make people go madslrpnk.netimagemessage-square160fedilinkarrow-up11.2Karrow-down19
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minus-square@BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink9•6 months ago everything you’re wearing right now Much of that is cotton. I believe that in the “good” ol’ days the US grew that themselves. Start that industry up again, and you don’t need mass deportations across the border.
minus-square@Skyrmir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•6 months agoThe US still makes massive amounts of cotton. That all gets exported to other countries before getting turned into garments and things.
minus-square@Kalysta@lemm.eelinkfedilink2•6 months agoCotton takes a LOT of water to grow. And takes up farmland that could grow food. Most of your clothes are artificial fabrics these days. Or blended
Much of that is cotton. I believe that in the “good” ol’ days the US grew that themselves. Start that industry up again, and you don’t need mass deportations across the border.
The US still makes massive amounts of cotton. That all gets exported to other countries before getting turned into garments and things.
Cotton takes a LOT of water to grow. And takes up farmland that could grow food.
Most of your clothes are artificial fabrics these days. Or blended