I'm a federal employee (forced to work without pay) and live in an area dominated by agriculture. These past couple of weeks have been eyeopening for me. People who I thought were good friends have shown me their true selves with this shutdown. Granted, I know I live right in the middle of Trump country, but never would I have imagined people I've known for two decades, whom I've shared meals with in their home and in mine, whom my wife and I have donated money, groceries and supplies to when they've hit hard times, or were isolated from their homes due to the Milk River flooding them out.....they have completely flipped and actually happy about this situation.
And I dont wish this on anyone, but situations like the people in the article above are what its going to take to break this insanity. Farmers and ranchers are going to have to miss their ag welfare (farm subsidies, CRP payments, etc) before they turn on this hack.