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by itbeho 73 days ago
I live in a wine region in central Calif where everyone has a tractor. We bought a Kubota, enjoy using it and get a lot of work done with it. We have a neighbor that bought a new John Deere and for about a 3 month period we endured nothing but abuse from him because we didn't buy "American". Then his problems started...
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Depends on which specific model as about half of them are made in the USA: https://www.kubota-kma.com/about/
Did he empathize with you after or he remained bitter?
If you make a very rough estimate of the emotional maturity of a person that abuses a neighbor for not “buying American”, I think the answer become reasonably clear
I'm guessing once he understood his tractor is a lemon he asked his neighbor for a taste of his sweet orange one.