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Why would the "No farmer no future" sign be written in English?

I'd think this is a purely internal German matter.

(Sorry if the story answers this later on; I don't have access to the full text.)

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It's an alliteration that's understood by most Germans.

This particular protest might be an internal German matter, but distribution of wealth is not. The message should reach as broad an audience as possible.

What language are we discussing this topic with?

Us who have zero influence on German government policy? Why does it matter what language we discuss it in? What matters is persuading the people that can influence German government policy, and one does not influence them in English.

Because people protesting are aware the protest will also be reported and discussed abroad.

Because it is a non-argument and by making it in a foreign language you sound smarter.

Imagine if agriculture was really a strategic sector in Germany, they would be back in the pre-industrial era.

My guess: it refers to the 'Fridays for Future' movement. More or less arguing that caring about the climate does not matter if the farmers go bankrupt.

Farmers go bankrupt because organized and technified farming displace them. I have seen all along in-develoopment countries, farmers trying to farm manually as they ancestors did, getting outmatched by Jhon Deere and complaining about the system, instead of modernizing

Wasn't there but I'd guess it's also a nod to "Fridays for Future" which is pretty big in Germany as well.

Fridays for future is a pretty massive protest wave in europe, this is simply a play on that.

until one realizes the same agendas at play in germany is at play in all of the western world (and probably more)

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